summer

Summer in the City: Parks, Pocket Parks and Patches

October 16, 2024July 24, 2022 by JosieHolford

Summer in the City Hot town, summer in the city Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty Been down, isn’t it a pity? Doesn’t seem to be a shadow in the city All around, people looking half dead Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head … Read more

Summer School

September 16, 2024July 12, 2007 by JosieHolford

The morning glories and lilies are in bloom in the courtyard garden. The thistles bloom at the edge of the woods where the blackberries are ripening. The soccer pitch is silent and no-one is cheering from the bench. The flag droops in the heat and the car park behind Kenyon is empty. It is summer … Read more