Thanks Andrew, Patrick.
A second stab at it here:
Daylesford 2
This bristling block of almost city
with its hipster cafes, hair salons,
bookshops, retro furniturers,
woolshops and wineshops,
two-storey bank buildings and
the arcade-banished Rex theatre,
eases off to country at either end.
Two glistening fountains bracket the strip,
one gothic lit down the post office end,
one at full splash near the chainsaw shop,
viewable from a corner table at the Taj.
And always, volcanic-soiled Wombat Hill
looms over the Convent's grey balconies,
high above all-season manicured gardens.
Mauve flowered kiss-me-quicks,
agapanthus spears and bluebells burst
from the soil. Swiss-Italian planted pines,
elms, red oaks, birches and copper beeches
share grassy gullies and steep ridges
with mannagums and candlebarks
all the way to Hepburn Springs.
Still feels country, no dormitory town; no
city-linked train's trundled here since 1974.
Chimneys ease woodsmoke at dusk,
horse poo sells at the side of the road,
Sunday markets draw, as do parades
at New Year and Chillout. All generally
welcome under this Rainbow.
bw
12.4.17
Bill
On Wed, 12 Apr 2017 at 5:51 PM, Patrick McManus <
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> Thanks Bill sort of nostalgia feel to it -reminds me of when I stayed in
> Nimbin
>
> kissmequicks new to me very Victorian type word
>
>
> On 11/04/2017 22:39, Bill Wootton wrote:
> > Daylesford
> >
> > Bristling block of almost city
> > Either end eases off to country.
> > Cafes, clobber, art, books,
> > Pottery, haircuts, furniture chic.
> > Two-storey bank buildings,
> > Rex theatre, up an arcade.
> >
> > Two glistening fountains, one
> > down the post office end, one near
> > the chainsaw shop, viewable
> > from a corner table at the Taj.
> > Wombat Hill looming over
> > The Convent's grey balconies.
> >
> > Mauve kissmequicks, agapanthus
> > and bluebells bursting from the soil,
> > Swiss-Italian planted pines,
> > elms, red oaks, copper beeches
> > sharing grassy gullies and ridges
> > with mannagums, candlebarks.
> >
> > Just a country town but not
> > a dormitory town; no city-linked train
> > since 1974. Knows the value of parades
> > at New Year and Chillout Festival
> > All generally welcome somewhere
> > under its Rainbow.
> >
> > bw
> > 12.4.17
>
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