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The Uncertain Journey

 

All along the railed paths from Regents Park to Notting Hill,

we feel the gaze of those long passed whose sightless eyes are on us

 

Still.

 

Through the Parks of Royal note St James up to Marble Arch,

we tread the lawns as lowly folk and take our pause as Soldiers

 

March. 

 

Beneath broad streets unpaved of gold from Camden Town to Bethnal Green,

we transit on an iron road laid down by toil that went

 

Unseen.   

 

By Highways, Byways, Cart or foot beneath the tunnelled turf and sky,

there is no step was ever put that fell assured nor questioned

 

Why.  

 

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 https://wolfgarwords.com/2024/07/18/the-uncertain-journey/

 

                                                            

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David RL Moore

Sat 20th Jul 2024 11:27

Thank you for the most recent likes.

David

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David RL Moore

Fri 19th Jul 2024 08:13

Thanks for the likes and comments folks, much appreciated.

David.

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jennifer Malden

Thu 18th Jul 2024 20:26

Lived in London for 2 years long ago, and found the history fascinating. You could almost see and sense all those who had made it what it is. Great poem and very evocative.

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M.C. Newberry

Thu 18th Jul 2024 15:37

I enjoyed this "journey" through the metropolis, knowing much
of the territory featured via my adult life's work. Great cities
tend to be a multiplication of various eras and their passing
custodians' assorted aims and ambitions adding and removing
as they lived their lives; much of what they achieved destined
to be a footnote in the history of that city....most often almost
literally.

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