Piccadilly. Perfect.

Wayne Blair 1951 (London)

Free verse

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

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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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Wow, what a vivid and descriptive poem! Your words brought to life the bustling energy of a city at night, and I could almost feel the excitement in the air. I especially loved the line about the "surprising agreement, conversation," as it captured the unexpected connections that can be made with strangers in a shared experience. Your use of imagery, from the love statue to the gaseous food, painted a full picture of the scene.

As for improvement suggestions, I would encourage you to experiment with varying the rhythm and structure of your lines. While the free-flowing style works well for this piece, playing around with meter and rhyme could add another layer of depth to your poetry. Keep up the great work! more »
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