POETRY CORNER

TRAVELLING HOME

Faces and cases, Everywhere wheels, Buggies and bistros and All kinds of meals: Wheelchairs and pushchairs, Luggage galore, Footwear of all sorts March over the floor: Used coffee cartons Filling up empty bins, Toddlers all clutching A variety of things: Hooters and whistles, Announcements so loud Need to be heard Over a chattering crowd: Mixture of passengers Of many races, Multi-nationalities, A kaleidoscope of faces: Sharp eyed arrivers Watching out for a seat, Bustlers departing Rushing out to the street: A babel of voices, Snippets of news, Babies crying, Arranged rendezvous: The singular traveller Reading his book Queues for the loos, Food being cooked: Ipad and tablet Or mobile phone, Laptop and earplugs, Each to their own. Cacophony of colour, A rainbow display, Euston Station On any day.

Christine Sims By email