South Chingford Poetry

  Stuart Manning has been the library treasurer for many years, managing our financial affairs in a prudent and efficient manager, such that we never need to concern ourselves about our monetary situation at all. He used to be the Tuesday afternoon shift leader, and is now a volunteer on the same shift. COTSWOLDS Pittaway, Rainbow and Moss Laboured hourly in the fields In below the whispering stones As their ancestors lived and died Shipton, Ascott and Milton Linked by the shining rails Tied to cities with the land Pass by the witches old wood   Lincoln, Cirencester and Bath Join the Roman ghosts marching Nearby honey stone churches Built with riches of the wool   Honeybone, Prately and Smith Girls who stood up for their rights Being jailed with hard labour Becoming an icon of freedom                                                                                Stuart Manning PORTLAND BILL   Pale watery sun shining on a leaden misty sea, With a harsh landscape dow