NaPoWriMo Day 26. Today’s poem is called Let me sit by the canal side.
I am quite fond of a nice canal walk & we have many canals in Birmingham as a result of our industrial heritage. I thought I’d make it extra difficult for myself by writing in rhyming couplets which I have to say is one of the hardest pieces of writing I’ve ever done. Hopefully the result is not too disastrous
Let me sit by the canal side
Let me sit by the canal side
where I can watch the barges glide
through deep and narrow waterways
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