La Conversation Des Vieillards. (Translation) . Poem by Michael Walker

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An old man feels a light breeze from the Thames, blowing from as far off as Rotherhithe, which is in Surrey, south-east London, on a peninsula on the south bank of the river and part of the Docklands area. The water lightly touches the hulls of boats at the waterline, then leaves them to flow on down. The man continues to talk, ' and this is/ the life of wind on water'. The two elements which enliven the flowing Thames are a blend of the old man talking and the breeze blowing. There are hidden depths to 'The Conversation of Old Men' and I like the poem more each time I read it.