Poems of Patrick Ladbrooke

1. Alley Cricket 10/6/2011
2. Sailing 7/1/2009
3. The Bond 9/15/2008
4. The Furrow Followed 10/10/2011
5. The Kissing Gate 12/29/2008

The Kissing Gate

There is a five bar gate,
white, by a woodland track
where, half a century back,
we talked till evening late.

Then walking in the almost dark,
her radiance and the night
made each and every footstep light,
as she breathed life to love's spark.

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