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Morning Prayer at Hyde Park
Sitting in the English silence,
Under grey skies,
Waiting for the
Sun-God
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Odors of Childhood
In the autumn fields
Of a cold city
He gathers
A handful of leaves
Closes his eyes
And fills his lungs
With a child’s scents
Of time.
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The cave of gold
Ali Baba’s cave of gold
Opens
In Camden market
The world’s wonders
Wrapped in swirls of incence
And ancient magic.
Fortune tellers
Come and go
Like the murmur of the breeze
They spread their cards
Of future stars.
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Talking to Paul
Twenty years on
I’d like to see you again
Wrapped in black robes
While the moist part
Of the heart
Turns to stone
And on it lies a heavy cross
Instead of a woman.
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Squirrel
The squirrel’s desire –
One paw outstretched
But the body hesitates,
One step from bliss
Or abyss.
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St. James Park
Swans shine
Like white candles
Tulips display their crowns
It is all so royal –
So out of reach.
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Autumn in the Park
The golden leaves now
Covering the
Floor of your heart
Once fluttered
On the tree tops.
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The Queen
The Queen is not in,
But one can still smell her horses,
Which open the golden gate,
And drop them to the street.
She is not in
But the royal guard
Snaps to attention each
Quarter hour
In her honour.
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Rain in a Distant City
Rain in a distant city
Speaks another language
Falls politely to the
Suit-filled street.
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Manchester
If
If the whole world
Watched soccer
The battlefield would
Shrink to a green pitch
With just one goal.
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Greenwich
The Retired General at Greenwich
The metal general surveys the city
On the banks of the Thames
The houses stand in file
But the soldiers are gone.
Even Josephine waits no more.
She tired long ago
Of the cannon roar
And medals of valour.
She wants him now
Atop his steed
Galloping through
the battlefield of love.
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Greenwich
The clock that
Sets the hands of time
Around the world
Must have
A lifetime guarantee.
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Action
We can almost reach out and touch Jack Sparrow
His men, on tea break
Laugh with us across the fence
separating
The age of pirates and the computer age
Until the security officer arrives
And yells
“Cut”.
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More of my Books abaut London:
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LONDON IN RED צבע אדום בלונדון
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Black suit in London קסם שחור בלונדון
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London Time
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לונדון שלי
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לונדון עונות וצבעים
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Published: Dec 17, 2015
Latest Revision: Dec 17, 2015
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