Poem 127 of 230: TO SPACIOUS SOUTHPORT - AUTUMN 2000
Most of the leaves
Of poplar trees
Had fallen free
When to the sea,
By bus then train,
In stop/start rain,
I headed-down
From Radcliffe Town.
After Wigan,
The train began
To pass across
What to me was
A coastal plain
To see again -
With varied crops,
And grazing ops.
From the station,
Reconstruction
Soon came to eye
As I walked, by
The gallery,
Toward the sea,
And thereby thought:
“Spacious Southport.”
(C) David Franks 2003
Most of the leaves
Of poplar trees
Had fallen free
When to the sea,
By bus then train,
In stop/start rain,
I headed-down
From Radcliffe Town.
After Wigan,
The train began
To pass across
What to me was
A coastal plain
To see again -
With varied crops,
And grazing ops.
From the station,
Reconstruction
Soon came to eye
As I walked, by
The gallery,
Toward the sea,
And thereby thought:
“Spacious Southport.”
(C) David Franks 2003
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| Wigan Wallgate railway station; 3/10/2018 |
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| Between Wigan and Southport; 3/10/2018 |
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| Between Wigan and Southport; 28/8/2017 |
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| New structure behind Southport St; 28/8/17 |
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| Atkinson Art Gallery; 28/8/2017 |
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| Toward the Southport coastline; 28/8/2017 |
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| Just north of Spacious Southport; 3/10/18 |
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| Southport Pier; 3/10/2018 |
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| Just south of Spacious Southport; 3/10/18 |
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| Southport Caravan Site; 3/10/2018 |
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