814

 

Too early for breakfast

Two hours on the train

For a meeting in London –

Which explains why I came –

But we’re finally at Marylebone,

Where I can obtain

A coffee and croissant

To wake up my brain.

 

815

 

Do you think

Seamus Heaney

Writes endless rubbish

Before he ends up

With a worthwhile poem?

 

816

 

On the way to London

The carriage is silent;

I read the paper.

 

On the way back to Stratford

They’re all on their mobiles;

So no chance to write.

 

I should have known better.

 

Brian Hick September 2010

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