Piccadilly. Perfect.



Lights are on all night
Every night
Milling crowds
All with smiles
Eyes fighting Sleep.
Seeing at the circumference
Just about every nation.



Theatre goers in the afterglow
Game players
Buskers
Boutique shoppers
Hungry stomachs
About to find something exotic
Probably unhealthy dish
Probably gaseous.



One turns to fellow travelers.
On either side
Surprising agreement, conversation
Isn’t this great?
Circus focuses at centre
On love statue
Cherub with bow and arrow
Finding, firming up rich
New affections.



In whole  world.
One other place
Bearing such rich fruit…
In cosmopolitan ways.



Niagara Falls.
Played happily at each
With Hilary.
My constant fellow traveler.
And route planner.

About this poem

Piccadilly Circus is a road junction and public space of London's West End in the City of Westminster. It was built in 1819 to connect Regent Street with Piccadilly. In this context, a circus, from the Latin word meaning "circle", is a round open space at a street junction.[1]

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Written on March 17, 2023

Submitted by dougb.19255 on March 17, 2023

Modified by dougb.19255 on April 13, 2023

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Scheme AABXXXC DEBEXXXX EXCXFXDXX XXXX XXXFF
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 700
Words 128
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 7, 8, 9, 4, 5

Wayne Blair

Born in London. Graduated law 1976 Practised eleven years, Married Hilary 1974 Two kids Lauren 1980 And Jordan 1987. Business failed 1987. Moved not knowing whither. Happy hills of Waterloo Region. Mennonite Country. Thirty four years in Industry. No complaints. Poet, photographer, nature hiker. Harmonica busker. http://puffnchord7.blogspot.com/ more…

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