Michael Edwards

LEICESTER STATION

 

 

LEICESTER STATION

 

Above the yellow stone and brick,

the hand-wound clock declares the hour.      

Below, the tall imposing arches    

stand erect in classic splendour.

                                                                                                          

Nostalgic horse drawn carriages gone

but cars and taxis, coaches, buses

all converge upon the concourse

where road and rail coalesce.

 

A Station here since 1840

serving now a modern world

but all its functions and its purpose

still unchanged across the years.