Autumnal Visit to Cambridge

AUTUMNAL VISIT TO CAMBRIDGE

At first
I did not stay
to watch canoe-racing
on the River Cam
on account of
the cold wind
which swept across the land,
rippling the waves
where young boys fished
and swans swam

I walked over the green grass,
conversing with a
friendly Latvian,
refugee from '47

We parted
and suddenly the wind dropped

Back by the river
it rose again

Pausing
to capture the scene on celluloid,
I was hit in the neck
by a sycamore leaf

© GERALD ENGLAND

Composed: Cambridge, 1st October 1970

Publications

1972 Contac (UK)
1990 The Old Police Station (UK)
1997 The Bard's Library (Internet)