Thames Waters 7.7.22
Thames waters
From Haywards Heath to Hampton Court
where train is exchanged for boat
carried on the Thames to Richmond.
The sun sparkles on waters
where regal swans glide
overseen by herons poised to fish.
‘Princess Freda’ scatters the geese
on her route downstream
plied day by day for a century.
King Henry’s Palace gives way
to wooded banks with weeping willows
past Teddington to Richmond.
Thames waters ply on incessantly
pushing their motor traffic
to London and the sea beyond.
John Twisleton 7 July 2022
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