Ode to Nottingham

Nottingham I admire thee

With misty milky moody morns Azure autumnal graces

November nights and lunar lights

Drenching the silent chocolate rooftops in silver spaces

Twinkling torches filling the valley , steadfast soldiers of peace

With the ‘Ye Olde Inns and LacesCastles and medieval places

Nottingham I admire Thee

 Nottingham I admire thy passively aggressive antiquity

Thy mingling mighty majesty in modernity

Dare defying love of Humanism

Oh Nottingham keeper of culture and traditions

Knowledge wisdom and superstitions

Where myths ghosts and mysteries are understood

Ah still so solid Robin Hood

When war is Life and terror emotions  I find thee peaceful

 with people of many nations

Nottingham I admire Thee; 

Nottingham I admire Thee,

For the heart of a city must have a reason

Though winds may blow in cold sweetness

There maybe dichotomy of weather in every season

Learning courage and strength abide

When ministers of death in terror plunder the world

Royalty nobility chivalry are shaken

Walking through parks or old cobbled streetsI am not mistaken

A whisper of Byron and Lawrence I hear

Amongst tinkling merry making  in silence spoken;

Nottingham I admire Thee;