The summer LA hosted the Olympics –
the year the UK miner’s strike began,
and comrades became enemies, and things sure
fell irredeemably apart – we went
on a four day tour of mostly ancient Greece:
Corinth Canal; the amphitheatre
at Epidaurus; Nafplio’s converted
mosque; the Lion Gate at Mycenae;
Olympia’s temples; Delphi’s omphalos.
Swallows had made their mud nests in the eaves
of the three concrete hotels we stayed at,
the birds’ tender flights twittering omens
for travellers who were,
SEASCAPE
LEGERDEMAIN
WHEN THE TIMES DARKEN
BETWEEN RIVERS SUMMER 2022: 'THE COOK' & 'THE LADY OF LLONG' - ALAN HORNE
OTHER PEOPLE’S FLOWERS Harvey Lillywhite: Writer , Teacher, & Consultant