Around brown bricked corners

Down rows of red houses

And art deco classics

Are hiding surprises

Brown plaques and blue ones

With names of great artists

From poets to writers, directors and flautists

The jovial, outgoing and insular autists

The dogs had their days

But they are our sources

Bram Stoker, Bob Marley

Brunel and his father

Kingdoms, Queendoms

Wars, love and laughter

Famous back then, now in the hereafter

Mozart, Travers, and Rosalind Franklin

Henry the 8th and George Eliot too

The homes of old heroes hide amongst you

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Note:

Inspired from the blue plaques of Chelsea, London. With reference to the plaques below.

Bram Stoker - Dracula

Isambard Kingdom Brunel and father

Henry the 8th’s coach houses

Bob Marley

PL travers - Mary Poppins

Mozart

Rosalind Franklin - DNA

George Eliot