Cameo- Once Upon a Time

A stone font and white duck found it renown
This ancient saxon hill-fort town-
Growing to wealth around its four squares
With regular markets and seasonal fairs
Buying and selling sheep,cattle and mares.

Tribute to my hometown Aylesbury
Copyright © | Year Posted 2008

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Reynolds Avatar
August 4, 2008 at 1:05 PM
Brian, I especially love it when you write of your beautiful homeland - I have always wanted to go, and will someday, I cannot wait - the history is just so awesome. Loved this write, Kristin
Foulk Avatar
August 4, 2008 at 11:15 AM
sonds like a great place to grow up. nothing quite as good as a hometown. this was a fine piece you wrote.
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