Milton Keynes at Fifty
I have lived in Milton Keynes for over thirty years
And the grids and roundabouts can still cause me tears!
The H roads and the V roads are still a mystery
And in recent days I find they’re never traffic free!
The grid roads are in gridlock so cars all use our road!
Doing speeds which aren’t allowed in the highway code!
The only thing we’re known for is a set of concrete cows
And the vicious speed bums are enough to cause some rows!
The Redways are secluded, a stalkers paradise
So people do not use them on police advice.
Cyclists are now on the grids causing cars to swerve
So now faint-hearted drivers can almost lose their nerve!
Mind you, to those who live here it has it’s compensations
Our environmental planning beats other corporations.
The borders of the grid roads are a pure delight
With trees and shrubs and blossoms that fill the town with light.
The spring with all the daffodils and then the tulips too
They raise a gladsome spirit in the likes of me and you.
The linear parks and well planned lakes with walkways all around
Bring us close to nature and to mellow birdsong sound.
The well-mown grassland verges on the grids on every hand
Show an MK version of this green and pleasant land.
Summer has it’s splendid sights but autumn is supreme
The oranges, reds and browns all make an autumnal dream.
Even in the winter the shrubs without their leaf
Give such varied colours as to be beyond belief.
For fifty years this city has been growing year by year
And for all it’s beauty I’m just glad that I am here!
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