Urban Urbane

Direct in line

And all around

For three hundred and sixty degrees

Red bricks and white double-glazed windows

Grey slates and silver wood-burner chimneys

Green trees by greener hedges and bushes

Above

A cotton canopy concertinas

As the wind forcefully replaces the breeze

Ever so silent, silent now

I wait for the grey clouds

Watch the peace slowly pass by

Holding On, Letting Go

These are the greens

Also the mauves and yellows

Of autumn on the cusp of summer

This is the relief

Of the red flamed dimensions

With the passions of spring

Those are the supports

Fixings for the canopy

Which blows through to winter

They are the ropes

And hooks and leverages

That are here for the season

The Easy Way Is Up

This is the day

One week

Of birthday celebrations

Later

Circling

The inner and outer

For the hotel

With the same name

This is the reflection

Of city

And seaside town

Each to their own

But first to say

Esplanade Gardens

And England’s first

Funicular railway

Those Victorians

Sure had

A sense of style

Which we celebrate on this day

Creating Past Creations

Saturday morning

Health spa

Then golf club for breakfast

No sea view

Or walkers on the promenade

Instead cars, cars of every kind

A cup of top quality coffee

Good, strong, and black

With an authentic Rombouts biscuit

Next time I might ask

For two shots of espresso

Just to push the boat out so to speak

What with booze cruise boats

Being one topic of conversation

With the southern chap, back in the spa

Free Lunch

There once was a man

Let’s call him John shall we

He always chose to stay

In budget class accommodation

There was also another man

Let’s call him Christopher for now

Quiet, refined, or luxury class

Was his choice for accommodation

What mattered to John

When making his choices was

Did they have internet

And did they do early breakfast, of any kind

Christopher also had his demands

Did they have a spa, with a sauna

Could he get an a la carte evening meal

How late did they serve full English breakfast

John was on a higher pay scale

Yet he had never reviewed, or tested

The expenses allowance for staying away

Something which Christopher had done

For the whole of his working life