One Vacant Heart

HEART TO LET – LITTLE USED
(between the lines – that’s much abused)

QUITE MODERN
(though needs to be restored)
NOT OVERLOOKED
(don’t want to be ignored)

SUNNY ASPECT
(keep smiling in my view)
SPACIOUS
(there’s so much room for you)

MANY FEATURES
(we should know each other well)
APPLY FOR DETAILS
(there’s quite a lot to tell)

ARCHITECT DESIGNED
(to help make up your mind)

VIEWING BY APPOINTMENT
(any time you’re free)
SOLE AGENCY
(with you I’d share the key)

PLUS: FROM ALL ENCUMBRANCES RECENTLY BEEN FREED

AND

DOUBLE WARM RECEPTION
(Guarantied)

November 1986

This poem was published on tv am in 1986 where it won a prize in “love – serious” category. I got the idea for writing this when i was both house hunting and pursuing a young lady’s heart.