The river is darker now,© GERALD ENGLAND
monopoly of the ducks.
The grass is wet with dew
and strewn with leaves
and all, but a few, brave evergreens,
display the naked bark.
The cold, damp, smokeshroud air
clings still
over a silent, city scene.
Composed: Cambridge, 14th November 1971
Publications
1972 Village Review
1990 The Old Police Station
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