Cut down that timber! Bells, too many and strong,
Pouring their music through the branches bare,
From moon-white church towers down the windy air
Have pealed the centuries out with Evensong.
Remove those cottages, a huddled throng!
Too many babies have been born in there,
Too many coffins, bumping down the stair,
Carried the old their garden paths along.
I have a Vision of the Future, chum,
The workers' flats in fields of soya beans
Tower up like silver pencils, score on score:
And Surging Millions hear the Challenge come
From microphones in communal canteens
“No Right! No Wrong! All's perfect, evermore!”
The Plantster's Vision
John Betjeman
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Poem topics: future, moon, music, perfect, silver, white, tower, hear, strong, garden, wrong, church, remove, vision, challenge, score, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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