pearls before swine on the watercress line
old carriage heritage steam train
hints of brown faded blues
waiting in the railway siding
one hot afternoon
sitting waiting
hearing the hiss of steam
the birds singing outside
thinking of Addlestrop the poem
by Edward Thomas
with The Lark Ascending by Vaughan Williams
read by Geoffrey Palmer
searched found this on my ‘phone
this poem from 1917 the war years
played it in the silence of the hour
the piece came to an end
they’d never heard it before
had no place inside to hear the beauty
no feeling for its grace
I put my phone away
as the whistle blew
the train departed the station
leaving the moment discarded
as pearls before swine
on the watercress line