SENTINELS
Posted by Admin on 20 April 2008, 12:00 am
Dumb, the scarecrow leans,
hapless, near ribald crows:
goon-tattered zany – ragged as
teasel; bean-pole supported.
The draggle-tailed wight
slants to leeward. Obtuse,
derision-proof, and unaware
of its bondage to Ceres.
Mum, the guardsman struts,
armed, palace-façadewards:
state-owned puppet – his order and
orbit railing-protected.
A spruce pseudo-giant,
scarlet as Pompadour:
tourist-proof, and oblivious
of his fealty to Mars.
T. C. Hudson
1st July 1970
© T. C. Hudson.
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- - Apollo Theatre
- - Cowes Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society
- - Cowes Amateur Winemakers
- - Cowes Heritage
- - Cowes Radar Ex-Employees Association (CREEA)
- - Cowes-Deauville Twinning Association
- - Friends of Northwood Cemetery
- - Newport Rowing Club
- - Northwood Floral Art Group
- - Northwood Village Produce Association
- - Northwood W.I.
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