Poetree in East Cowes

Here's the latest poem to be installed by a bus stop. Written by Margaret Prior, it is dedicated to the umbrella tree (a large weeping ash?) beside which buses pull up in East Cowes. This tree has marks the epicentre of communal life in the town and the poem recounts the activities that can be observed from its arbour.



It wasn't easy to find a site where people could not slip, trip, bump into or fall headlong onto the bronze plaque, but thanks to the new owners of the Under The Umbrella Tree cafe, we were finally able to fit it up on a wall facing the tree and bus stop.

If you'd like to see it for yourself, hop on a bus number 4 or 5.