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priviledged boy

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Semaphore flagpoles

Red sails in the harbour

Formidable matrons and

Anti-macassers

A feast on the beach

With the brown china teapot

Boys with bare feet

“Come roll up your trousers!”

A parrot called Peggy

A dog called Dorita

A cloche in the garden

Oh whatever next!

The first car in the village

A chauffeur called William

The yearly regatta

The “Selina May”.

Tightly boned grannies

And trophies on mantels

An old cat called Sammy

Got blurred in the photo.

Your father’s the doctor

Both feared and respected

And here in the village

You owned the first camera.

And now I look at you

You sail your armada

A privileged boy

In your trim white collar.

We’ve sorted the negatives,

Old glass, in their envelopes

Safe for the future

In acid-free sleeves.

Museum exhibits -

Could you ever have guessed

When you sailed your smart fleet

Back in 1909?

 

◄ skylark place

is this a fibonacci poem? ►

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Rachael Dunn

Tue 30th Nov 2010 17:33

really like this poem Anne, the sense of preservation,

'Safe for the future

In acid-free sleeves'.

really enjoyed this

Rachael :)


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Tue 30th Nov 2010 17:03

Lovely, a window on another world...

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Julian (Admin)

Tue 30th Nov 2010 10:29

Lovely reflections, nicely curated. I love the question about whether he could possibly have considered us looking at his photo all these years later.
By the bye, are you pro- or
antimacasser?

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Greg Freeman

Tue 30th Nov 2010 09:56

It's an endearing poem, Ann, full of interesting exhibits. The line "Oh whatever next!" made me laugh.

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Ann Foxglove

Tue 30th Nov 2010 09:31

Spent a chilly weekend at our local museum cataloguing 121 old glass negatives, one family's album. This poem came from that. And so did my cold! ACHOOOOOOOOOOOO!

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