London Spring by Geoffrey Speechly

February over London. View from The Shard                                                        Photo: Liz Obadina

Willows are weeping in Wimbledon 

Hedges are blooming in Bow

Cars are quite spotless in Richmond

And the ladies are back in Soho.

Dustbins waft perfume in Cricklewood

Crisp-papers quite perk up the Strand

The Green grows bacilli in Twickenham

And litter envelopes the land.

In St. James’s the tourists stroll silent

Amazed at the style of the place

In the City the brokers from Surrey and Kent

Trade at an incredible pace.

In Buck House the sovereign takes tea there

With napery fine and cups gold

She sips and she ponders and I’m quite sure she wonders

If she’ll still be our Queen when she’s old.

From Stanmore to Barking the sparrows are larking

For the Spring has returned once again

And all over the region smiles are many and legion

As we welcome the sun and the rain.

(first published in 2016 Book of Delights)