THE INDICATOR BOARD AT GOLDERS GREEN The indicator board At Golders Green Station Is really pretty useless When it comes to information On the route the train will take to reach Its final destination. Are we going via Charing Cross Or via Bank Station?
THE INDICATOR BOARD
AT GOLDERS GREEN
The indicator board
At Golders Green Station
Is really pretty useless
When it comes to information
On the route the train will take to reach
Its final destination.
Are we going via Charing Cross
Or via Bank Station?
The only way to know for sure
Is read the indication
On the front of the train
As it pulls in to the station.
And then you find the board is wrong!
There's just no explanation.
So all that's left for you to do
Is give in to temptation
And jump about and scream and shout
And yell in sheer frustration
At the indicator board
At Golders Green Station.
DAVID MACkenzie
Child's Hill, NW2
tHE 'ing of life
Birds singing
Pierrecourt living
Friends arriving
Friends returning
Family sharing
Love making
Jam preserving
Vegetable digging
Scrabble playing
Dogs barking
Donkey braying
Tractors working
Swallows diving
Cock crowing
Rodent sighting
Restaurant booking
Garden eating
Neighbours waving
Market shopping
White van coming
Michel dying
French speaking
Eyes dimming
Tears brimming
Pierrecourt leaving
The birds still singing
BARRY PESKIN
(written on leaving, for the last time, an adored cottage in France, much enjoyed from 1989-2006.)
This and other poems by Barry Peskin appear in Left to Me, his memories of a life lin local politics
q You can submit an original poem by writing to Poetry Corner, Ham&High Series, 100a Avenue Road, Hampstead NW3 3HF, or send it by email to letters@hamhigh.co.uk.
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules here