A Little Trip To Merry Nottingham – Photographically & Poetically told

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I arrived on Parliament Street, greeted by the smiling populace,

A cheery smile on every face,

Oh, how I love the place,

Mind you, I had my can of Mace!

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I called in the Poundland shop,

Shoplifters were arguing, having a strop,

I didn’t want to eavesdrop,

So I didn’t stop!

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I notice pedestrians crossing the road against the red lights,

But all was eerily quiet, no fights,

I bloke chucked out of Burger King, what a sight!

Another chap was as high-as-a-kite!

Then two gals started a cat-fight,

I ran away, and well, I might!

4Thu19cClumber Street, I rested, the knees were stinging and tight,

Along came two men, one on crutches, the other on a bike,

I told the biker, it wasn’t right,

Driving so close to me on a bike,

He told me to take-a-hike!

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Why do folks do this, I wonder why?

Two imitation policemen stood nearby,

They said and did nowt,

Cause they have no clout,

I moved on and gave a sigh!

4Thu19ELong Row, above the Yorkshire bank,

1833, bet these were built with pride and swank,

But such architecture goes unnoticed, to be frank,

By youngsters, with acne and a look that is blank,

To them, workmanship & beauty is not worth a Franc!

4Thu19fLong Row businesses, failing so so much now,

This shop used to be Burtons food store,

Where you could buy pork, bread or a cow,

I miss it more and more,

I can still smell the meat, somehow,

Though we couldn’t afford it, we were poor!

4Thu19gAh, another pavement cyclist, for short, PC, I’ll call them,

One hand on his handlebar, texting on his phone in his hand,

He even spat out some horrible phlegm!

Some say they should be banned,

But not by the Greens or Lib-Dem!

4Thu19HA gathering of Nottinghamians resting,

Unemployed, students, and shoplifters?

The bored, the drunks, and Brexit debaters?

Look at their faces, it’s interesting,

They all glare at me, as if they hate us!

4Thu19iCity Centre, Long Row, and, the Slab Square,

Architecture by Fothergill Watson, who was the absolute best!

The man was a genius, with skill and flair!

Better than all the rest,

And, I’m only being fair!

4Thu19JQueen Street, I nearly got hit by yet another PC,

Delivering food, perhaps pizza, burgers, or a fricassee?

Maybe once again, one will run into me?

But I carry my taser, just in case you see!

 

This rubbish was wrote during an evil spell of the dizzies and shakes,

By Inchcock, while he ate his supper, of cheesy cakes.

I fank you!

7 thoughts on “A Little Trip To Merry Nottingham – Photographically & Poetically told

  1. That is a wonderfully penned, poetically described trip about Nottingham. Especially well done given you managed it despite dizzies, shakes, and cheesy cakes.

  2. Enjoyed every inch of your marvelous poem, Inch. I do not know where I’ve encountered such wonderfully witty lines of unspared truth…so permit me a moment to search the gray mass behind my brow, brown cow.


    Hey, ’twas right here on “Inchcock Today” I say. Your able saber captured them all and null in situ: Nottingham, once frequented by a certain Robin, now trundled by a certain Gerald of the Five Names.
    A fine Friday I wish you, kind Sir!
    🙂

  3. Merci, Bill.
    How I can remember I don’t know… but a teacher, Mr Simon was his name, told me; “It’s the common, uneducated tone you use, that gives it a certain appeal” about the first ode I tried to get in the school magazine ran by prefects. They rejected it! Swine!
    Hehe!

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