<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=414507" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Reward for long service.</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Reward for long service<br>English ode format.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The waterways of England are<br>Somewhat neglected nowadays<br>More fun than travelling by car<br>Is cruising down the waterways.<br>Although you cannot travel fast.<br>You can enjoy the scenery<br>Sheer pleasure from the first to last<br>Speed merchants though may stand aghast<br>They much prefer machinery<br> to relics from the distant past.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The narrow boats which they despise.<br>Are works of art in their own right.<br>Some motorists to their surprise <br>see waterways in new light.<br>The motorways designed for speed<br>To tell the truth are not much fun<br>Although some drivers disagreed<br>You cannot please everyone<br>Alternative religion<br> a modern technocratic creed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I choose to cruise the waterways.<br>A slower pace that suits my taste<br>Than drive on busy motorways<br>I have no need for making haste<br>Each to their own I must suppose<br>You’re free to choose what suits you best.<br>To travel fast or travel slow<br>I don’t claim to speak for the rest.<br>Though I can guess I do not know.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">What pressures have been brought to bear<br>Why some must choose the motorways<br>To travel fast from here to there.<br>I’ve opted out of the rat race.<br>Retirement has set me free<br>To travel at my chosen pace<br>No boss to tell me what to do<br>It is entirely up to me<br>That’s why I chose the waterways<br>I took the chance to start anew.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am aware not everyone<br>Has the freedom to decide to do<br> the same as I have done.<br>Their choices are limited to.<br>Obeying what employers say.<br>Resigning from their present post<br>and try to find a different way.<br>But most cannot afford the cost.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I know that I am fortunate.<br>I worked like that for forty years.<br>Retirement I find is great.<br>Better than it first appears.<br>I was quite sure I would be bored.<br>With nothing to look forward to<br>But it’s a case of all aboard.<br>We’re off to see somewhere new.<br>No need to rush my times my own<br>How quickly past the years have flown.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Wednesday,23 November 2011<br>http: // blog.myspace.com/poeticpiers</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ivor+Or+Ivor.e+Hogg">Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=414507" data-title="Reward for long service. de Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg" data-description="Reward for long service English ode format. The waterways of England are Somewhat neglected nowadays More fun than travelling by car Is cruising down the waterways. Although you cannot travel fast. You can enjoy the scenery Sheer pleasure from th..."></div> </div> </div>

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