January 29, 2019
by Jem Croucher

Looking out on grey water
from Lower Thames Street
to the Shard there on Southbank
architectural feat
I’m reminded the privilege
I share with the few
of working in buildings
which command such a view
of London’s surroundings
and tourist attractions
Oft taken for granted
with other distractions
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November 23, 2018
by Jem Croucher

It’s dark outside, this early hour
the night is not yet done
Yet I’ve been up for quite some time
For me the morning’s come
Ahead for several hours
a journey beckons me
Travelling down to Cardiff
from Sussex by the sea
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November 20, 2018
by Jem Croucher

Moored now at the Temple Stairs
where she’s been since forty-eight
The Wellington lies white and proud
A museum ship of late
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November 17, 2018
by Jem Croucher

Moody skies above the Thames
on early winter morn
I’d shiver in the brittle chill
save for the coat I’ve worn
But Tower Bridge beneath the blue
with massive skies right there
Is such to take my breath away
That I just had to share
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November 12, 2018
by Jem Croucher

Chiaroscuro to the painter
contrast captured to the eye
To the poet though, his words
capture light for you and I
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October 31, 2018
by Jem Croucher

Ventured to a wall of glass
with suits and conversations
much of which just passed me by
such was my motivation
For I was as a stranger
in a land I didn’t know
London’s dockland business world
with money there on show
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October 13, 2018
by Jem Croucher

London’s skyline, Tower Bridge
viewed from way up high
You don’t see views like this most days
beneath a cloud-filled sky
The sunshine on the River Thames
The Shard across the way
This really is spectacular
on this lovely autumn day
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September 17, 2018
by Jem Croucher
16 of 16 in the Jemverse ‘Venetian Vistas’ series

Holidays are exciting
in lots of different days
For when you’ve finished cruising
then you take to the airwaves
And our Tui flight this morning
is the ‘Angel of the Sky’
From Dubrovnik in Croatia
to London Gatwick we will fly
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July 5, 2018
by Jem Croucher

There are steps to the water
and I don’t know why
Something with meaning
in times now passed by
Perhaps for a boatman
to access his craft
For trade on the river
to board fore and aft
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June 10, 2018
by Jem Croucher

In London quite early
(I was up with the lark)
So it’s still very quiet
in St James’ park
And just there by the lake
as I happenchanced by
A picture of heaven
for a smile and a cry
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April 25, 2018
by Jem Croucher

Flat white to go
by the Thames in the sun
best way by far
that a day is begun
Watching the river
flow silently by
beneath a pale blue
and promising sky
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February 13, 2018
by Jem Croucher

Irony seemed appropriate
in Gordon Square today
Archeology under wraps
for sometime yet I’d say
I wonder what they’ll find in there
under London’s ground
especially whilst the expertise
is evident around
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January 21, 2018
by Jem Croucher

Amongst the towering walls of glass
the concrete and the steel
a sculpture hanging in the trees
is calming and genteel
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November 23, 2017
by Jem Croucher

It had the power with beauty
to make you stop and stare
and simply marvel at it
or take a picture there
Golden, proud and splendid
not a one passed by
Everybody slowing and
breathing a deep sigh
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November 22, 2017
by Jem Croucher

Big Ben’s bell is silent
no chimes upon the hour
And all wrapped up in scaffolding
right around the tower
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November 21, 2017
by Jem Croucher

It’s lovely in St James’ Park
around this time of year
As all the trees are turning
now the autumn time is here
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November 20, 2017
by Jem Croucher

I met a little squirrel
in St James’ park today
He stopped and looked straight up at me
I think, as if to say
That if I were to be so kind
A little titbit please
‘For I’m find it quite hard
to find my nuts amongst the leaves’
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November 19, 2017
by Jem Croucher
Five a.m. It’s very quiet
not a sound here to be heard
Just the ticking of the mantle clock
and an early morning bird
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October 21, 2017
by Jem Croucher

Victoria station
this morning and me
Stuck in a crowd and
waiting to see
if the gates to the tube
would anytime soon
open up to the waiting
lest one of us swoon
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October 3, 2017
by Jem Croucher

The Thames at Kew this morning
with trees just on the turn
A warmth still in the early sun
The chill yet to discern
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October 2, 2017
by Jem Croucher

Paddington Central, London town
a haven here I found
Little Venice, tranquil peace
despite the noise around
Ducks upon the water
Longboats moored at bay
A rather pleasant find
at the start of this fine day
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September 27, 2017
by Jem Croucher

There’s a word I feel from way up here
One born of peace and more
‘Serenity’s’ more apt I think
up on the nineteenth floor
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September 16, 2017
by Jem Croucher

Met a pigeon on the tube
on the Metropolitan line
Wondered where he might be going
at this rather early time
Several stations sprang to mind
Canary Wharf was one
And Peckham was another
which rather seemed like fun
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May 14, 2017
by JJ Merryweather
Sirens. Busses. Polluted air
Millions of strangers, none of whom care.
Hard-faced ladies. Unloving boys
Dirt. Construction. Non-stop noise.
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May 1, 2017
by Jem Croucher

There is a place in London
where we’ve been members for a while
that we’re proud to call our happy place
as it always brings a smile
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April 30, 2017
by Jem Croucher

High above the Switch House
of Tate Modern, London town
from the viewing platform way up here
it’s a long way looking down
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April 29, 2017
by Jem Croucher

It’s awfully jolly early
to be up on a weekend
But we’re off (us two) to London
to visit an old friend
And as we’re paid up members
we get an early special tour
There before the crowds get in
what our membership is for
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February 3, 2017
by Jem Croucher

Stuck on a train at East Croydon
We’re moving at one mile an hour
Looks like I’m going to be rather late
for my seminar in Euston Tower
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