I Dreamed I Saw St Augustine
St Augustine's Tower, London E8, 2015
THE LOCAL
I dreamed a knight of lead and light
Who might have trod the olden sod down Dalston Lane
Where I remember Navarino Mansions '
With gaslights, where my mum grew up
And saw a man blown up in WW2
Before the war, as legend has it, her old nan
At the Empire, up in the Gods
Sat sucking pigs' trotters all the way from Ridley Road
So shine a light, my Templar Knight
From the Narrow Way to your Temple Mills
Not all roads lead to Jerusalem, or Rome, or even Billy Hill
Crusaders, pilgrims, crooked bookies
Protection is an ancient Hackney racket
Yvonne Overton 2015
I dreamed a knight of lead and light
Who might have trod the olden sod down Dalston Lane
Where I remember Navarino Mansions '
With gaslights, where my mum grew up
And saw a man blown up in WW2
Before the war, as legend has it, her old nan
At the Empire, up in the Gods
Sat sucking pigs' trotters all the way from Ridley Road
So shine a light, my Templar Knight
From the Narrow Way to your Temple Mills
Not all roads lead to Jerusalem, or Rome, or even Billy Hill
Crusaders, pilgrims, crooked bookies
Protection is an ancient Hackney racket
Yvonne Overton 2015
FRAGILE GRASP
100 x Madonnas Exhibition
The Crypt Gallery, London 7-17 September 2016.
100 x Madonnas Exhibition
The Crypt Gallery, London 7-17 September 2016.
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