Getgood Link: The Stirrer
Written by Nicky Getgood on Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 ( Start discussion )
Tags: Brendan Hawthorne, links, noiseabatement, TheRainbow, thestirrer, toblog
The Stirrer – News that matters, campaigns that count for Birmingham, The Black Country and beyond – Here’s a little poetic ditty from Stirrer poet laureate Brendan Hawthorne about the row over the Rainbow:
If you were to buy a house
Would it be
Next-the-sea or
If you could
A secluded wood
Or pipedream
Banks of bubbling stream
Maybe your preference
Has an urban reference
A city centre complex
A modern duplex
With skyline windows
And streetside side shows
All the bustle
Of round-the-clock hustle
Convenient shopping
And metro hopping
But if you choose
Don’t get the blues
Or the bird with loud music
Or shouted word
If extraneous noise
Annoys
When moving in
Next to existing din
Flats with poor insulation
Only cause consternation
And if you feel anti-social
Towards the locals’ local
Perhaps you should think
Over your pretentious drink
And decide yourself to go
Thus preserving the culture
Of Birmingham’s Rainbow
Comments:
What is your opinion?