UPPED STICKS

I recently went to Morlaix for the weekend, it was a flying visit. I had been there about five years before and I thought I had retained a reasonably accurate mental map of the town. I had not. It did provoke this poem.

FIVE YEARS LATER

At least two buildings had upped sticks

and shuffled across the square

to present different vistas

of their architectural features

All the roads have been rerouted

and the town centre must have shrunk in the rain

so that when we returned

our mental maps were astray

Try as we might

we were lost

and could not find our way

This is a first draft. I think the ending can be improved and I'm not sure about the layout. Watch this space.

Both Chris Cleverly and Boo Hewerdine are on tour at the moment, so I've a busy a busy week coming up as they are playing in Devon on different nights. Here's Boo live earlier this year with Yvonne Lyons. It takes a while to get going but it's worth it. 

Until next time.