Monday 1 August 2022

At Barter Books ...



This was a kingdom of books -

Here, a flaneur might linger over an exquisite Sitwell - 

An antiquarian might read a courtly preface by Izaak Walton - 

Angela Brazil would promise romps by long limbed girls -

A boy called Jim could chase submarines - 


Overhead, a toy train rattled from Religion to Romance -

An invisible Station Master wore LNER livery - 

There was ice cream in Paradise -


20 July 2022

Barter Books
Alnwick


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