Paul Cormier Poems

Inspired by Maurice Riordan

Hear the engines revving
Like held-back hounds keen to go?
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Somewhere in England

If Heaven were of water made,
Seawater, partly, white-foamed,
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Plodding along on a retiree's chestnut poker,
A slight limp in my gait, I envy your alacrity
In airports, my dear, and here in Piccadilly,
Where, tempering impatience with good cheer,
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London - Edinburgh by Britrail

Our berth was cold and damp.
The cabin boy brought us tea
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a thanks to the Burleys

My bureau's leftover pocket-change, surplus
Of muddied brown 2-pence coin—the coin,
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We go daytripping in the Cotswolds,
And make a stop in high-touted Bibury.
Ronald's empurple'd knuckles prove critical
For passing-lane-precision; pedal to metal,
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