Hillview Ode 2022
Oh, Hillview Road thou great example of humankind at its best

Where despite all that the world can do to set 
father against mother - sister against brother
one neighbour against the other
You, oh Hillview, rise time and time again to show the way.

To celebrate the Queen’s event
A pleasant hour or so was spent
with musical en-ter-tain-ment
Which left ev-‘ry-one quite content

Poems hanging on a tree, 
Some by you and some by me

And when litter bags we see
Good people vol-un-tar-ily
Dress up warm and walk the street
Leaving all our pavements neat ………..  and tidy

And when threatened with lines of yellow
Do we stay silent? No, we bellow
And see them off, well most of them as you can see, Oh

Hillview Road, and Close of course, kindness one cannot enforce
Here it lies in a-bun-dance, and good deeds happen not by chance

But by good folk and kind to boot
Some who stay home and some commute
Where neighbours chat whilst they're en-route
And all together constitute
This village, this community

So on to twenty-twenty-three

© 2022 Philip Barnett

---

This ode was written to accompany our seasonal letter to all our neighbours. 
Odes are poems typically praising an individual or event.
​Or in this case an entire road!
The following audio track features the author.