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Dappled Light

by  Mickey

Posted: Thursday, October 18, 2018
Word Count: 128
Summary: Never give up on a good idea! Here is a more considered attempt at a poem in the style of John Betjeman




In the water meadows hidden
here beneath the willow weeping
   You, the lovely vicar’s daughter
   by the river’s calming water
lay amongst the king cup creeping
sharing love that is forbidden
 
Locked in amorous embraces
prone, on purple vetch and clover
   not a word between us spoken
   lest the magic should be broken.
After, when the hurry’s over,
dappled light on secret places.

Version 2

In the water meadows hidden
here beneath the willow weeping
   You, the lovely vicar’s daughter
   by the river’s calming water
lay amongst the king cup creeping
sharing love that is forbidden
 
prone, on purple vetch and clover
locked in amorous embraces
   not a word between us spoken
   lest the magic should be broken
dappled light on secret places
finally your coyness over