Poem 193 of 230: THE 35TH MORPETH NORTHUMBRIAN GATHERING - SPRING 2002
Toward Morpeth’s Gathering,
Either side of Great North Road,
Daffodils gleefully showed
Their stalk-dressing flowering.
And then, at the Gathering,
Another great flowering
Of English heritage, showed
Through competitions that glowed
With competent folk-singing,
Storytelling, bag-piping
(The small-pipes rapidly rode
By hands, in staccato mode),
Clogdancing and stick-dressing:
Things that are worth addressing.
(C) David Franks 2003
Toward Morpeth’s Gathering,
Either side of Great North Road,
Daffodils gleefully showed
Their stalk-dressing flowering.
And then, at the Gathering,
Another great flowering
Of English heritage, showed
Through competitions that glowed
With competent folk-singing,
Storytelling, bag-piping
(The small-pipes rapidly rode
By hands, in staccato mode),
Clogdancing and stick-dressing:
Things that are worth addressing.
(C) David Franks 2003
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| Great North Road at Newcastle; spring 2014 |
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