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Bungalow Dreaming

I’ve got my eye on a bungalow

now I’m ageing fast and living slow

not much to do, nowhere to go

A remote-controlled garage door

An en-suite on the ground floor

These are the things I’m looking for

My rosy afterglow

 

I’ve got my eye on a bungalow

Where I can unwind, go with the flow

Touch the roof it’s only low

A resin drive that’s easy to clean

No moss, no weeds, no trace of green

Bungalow life, I’m living the dream

It’s a single storey show

 

I’ve got my eye on a bungalow

With space for a trailer I can tow

And a small front lawn I can mow

No more struggles or chasing

It’s a garden that’s south facing

That gets my heart racing

And tomato plants to sow

 

I’ve got my eye on a bungalow

With raised up beds where I can grow

Peas and cabbages in a row

Somewhere in a cul-de-sac

With a patio around the back

Stairs are all that it will lack

It’s time for me to go.

 

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R A Porter

Mon 29th Apr 2024 21:05

Thank you Stephen for your kind words & MC for your insight. We now have a wheelchair for my wife on our travels but she is a stoic and very determined Irishwoman, so the 56 stone steps up to our favourite holiday home in Southern Turkey are a challenge to be overcome with a stick and my arm. Once there the view and serenity make it all worthwhile.

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M.C. Newberry

Mon 29th Apr 2024 17:32

Bungalow life has much to commend it, not least when reaching a certain age or a personal situation of diminished mobility. Certainly, JC's point about keeping movement going is valid and I have four flights of communal stairs to aid my aims in that direction whenever I leave my flat. I've become a dab hand at using a pair of sticks up and down!

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Stephen Gospage

Mon 29th Apr 2024 07:25

This is delightful and really well-read, RA. Thanks very much.

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R A Porter

Sun 28th Apr 2024 13:41

Good news Tom, so there is poetic life in a single storey after all… John’s point about keeping the old knees moving is however also valid. 👏👏

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Tom Doolan

Sun 28th Apr 2024 13:35

I am sat here in my detached bungalow living the dream. Peace and quiet is the way to go. 🙂

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John Coopey

Sun 28th Apr 2024 11:44

We used to call a bloke at work “Bungalow” because he’d got nowt upstairs.
On a more serious note, we opted against a bungalow because of “bungalow knees” - the deterioration Of your knee joints that comes from not having to climb stairs

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R A Porter

Sun 28th Apr 2024 10:44

This is an interesting question Greg. Has there ever been a bungalow dwelling poet of note?

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Greg Freeman

Sun 28th Apr 2024 09:59

Brilliant! Sounds great, perfect. But would you still write poems there?!

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