Mornington Terrace
Leaving the soaring sandstone
of Liverpool Anglican Cathedral,
my eye seeks out the name
on the pediment of the terrace opposite.
Many years ago, glanced up at that name
and thought: A mornington to remember!
First love left dreaming in bed
as I strode into town, first day, first job.
Yes! Mornington sounds so optimistic. The link between memory and place is tersely & beautifully made.
Yes, lovely. Erm… I think it could be even terser… the poem is really the second stanza, isn’t it?
Yes, Robbie, but I feel that the first stanza is important, too, as it establishes the inspirational location & the fact that the writer is revisiting the scene.
I think it needs a bit more adding – on first reading I presumed it was all in the past – and on re-reading I realised that it is “now” and “then” – the “then” in the second stanza is very strong – the “now” is not as strong for me – but you might have wanted that to happen(?) – like the repetition – it works for me