On the 25th August

The Holm Show.

Grey sky threatens rain

Orange, red, blue, green tractors

Stand in patient line.

Engines now retired,

Paraffin, petrol, diesel,

Stand in patient line.

Motorbikes, dull gleam,

Their names list a bygone age,

Stand in patient line.

Hot bustling canvas,

Fruit, veg, jam, photos, knitting,

Stand in patient line.

Then the terrier race,

The traps, the fox's tail taunts

The impatient line.

(c) C P Brooks