Poem of the Week by F.J.Williams at The South Bank, May 17th 2010

                The old potato patch

We set out our deckchairs and wonky table

Sitting in the creaking canvas

On our odd length of potato patch

Among the history of last year’s boot marks

And think it might be wise to grow zazan,

Buy an armoire and wear Siebel shoes this year,

Poking the Brie and arranging the meat

Small and wrinkled on a charcoal grille,

And fill the handheldblenda with bananas

Carrying it through the softly closing gate:

Bloom late. Expect Joy. Yield gracefully. Zing.

The poem ' The old potato patch' was chosen as poem of the week at the South Bank in May 17th 2010