Summer Used Land

Reading the recent receipt

of an invite,

East Park,                                                                         

Hull.

Searching,

Gothic and Classical,

Eastern seaboard,

Holderness Boulevard.

Echoes

of late Edwardian Empire,

steam railway,

high day, holidaying promenaders,

first class carriage couples

and fishing fleets of families,

sat in rows,

all arms, smiles

tricorne hats,

lace and seersucker regalia.

Cast iron curtilage,

splendid, Summergangs suburb,

side entrance,

pedimented door head,

monthly Mondays,

poetry reading group.