diamond geezer

 Friday, August 27, 2021

It starts by the zebra stripes
It fits all Beckton stereotypes
This leafy straight off-piste backalley
I've come for a gawk
To Mavis Walk



No car can follow it
But people live on it
One house has vibrant spiral topiary
CCTV points like a hawk
Down Mavis Walk

The dogwalker tugs his hound
No mess is left upon the ground
A squirrel hops along the picket fence
Other alleyways fork
Off Mavis Walk

The paving has odd bumps in it
One brick wall has a nasty split
That hanging basket needed more watering
It's easy to baulk
At Mavis Walk



An abandoned plastic stroller
Discarded wrapper, can of cola
Two teenage girls rendezvous on a doorstep
They've come to talk
On Mavis Walk

Cables hang across the sky
We're between two pylons, that's why
It's tranquil and shady but no property hotspot
Not by a long chalk
Is Mavis Walk

Comments (14)

I've read better poems. Andy 8/27/2021 07:06am

It doesn't even scan. Charles Baker 8/27/2021 07:07am

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What fresh hell is this? Babs of Sussex 8/27/2021 07:13am

I used to live in Kestrel Avenue. We backed onto Mavis Walk. I had a Morris Minor and bin collection day was Wednesday. becktonman 8/27/2021 07:14am

It looks like the comments have upgraded to some modern fancy mobile-friendly template and I hate it. JPM 8/27/2021 07:18am

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Of course technically this wasn't Greater London until 1965, although the houses are more recent than that. Dave Mason 8/27/2021 07:20am

All fascinating stuff, as ever... ziggerzagger 8/27/2021 07:28am

Normally I'd say thanks for going so we don't have to, but in this case I don't think any thanks are appropriate. Ursula 8/27/2021 07:29am

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Surely it's the third and fifth lines of a quintain that rhyme? Pete Menzies 8/27/2021 07:33am

Thank you, I have added this to my list of must-visits next time I'm in London. the robster 8/27/2021 07:38am

Personally I prefer the ambience of the parallel Chetwood Walk. E6 resident 8/27/2021 07:41am

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This is a step too far. I will not be back. One Of The Johns 8/27/2021 07:44am

How do I change the suggestions so I get ads for heritage train videos instead? Gregor 8/27/2021 07:56am

I really don't think poetry is your strong point. William W 8/27/2021 07:57am

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