A house of many steps

Up to the front door

From the pavement

A house of black and white tele

A house of Coronation street

Emergency ward ten

Richard the lion heart

Sir Francis Drake

Dr Who and the Daleks

From behind the sofa

On Saturday, the football results

A litany of the practiced and rehearsed

In careful sparing tones

A countdown to robin Hood

Or the lone ranger

 

A house of carrots, potatoes and cabbages

Of dahlias cucumbers and lettuce

Home grown all in rows

A place for tiger Tim my ginger Persian

Long haired cat

To stalk and catch unwitting low flying birds

A house of steak and kidney or blackberry and apple

Pudding

Steamed in bowls topped with greaseproof paper tied up with string

A house of students from Germany, Italy and Iran

From France, Belgium and Spain

 

A house where every bonfire night

Every other house had a bonfire and fireworks

Shooting rockets at a neighbour’s house

No phone

No car

And TV that finished at half past ten

In this three bed, semi 1930’s built dream  

A house in winter of snow two feet deep

A house of houses one after another

Called a road

A house where down the road

And round the corner the sweet shop

With four a penny chews

Black jacks, fruit salads and sherbet fountains

A road where it was safe to play in

When you are not yet six