The dragonflies and meadow-sweet Follow the banks of ‘The Wandle’ Allowing what is hidden and not heard Behind posted iron railings To be noted, found on a map, imagined Its very name conjures up the river’s journey Drawing one into its currents and flows A place of beauty where time seems slow Rippling the edges of thought, living as a space, Exploration, given by inclusion and exclusion Forever to ‘wandle along’ under the sky Between the gaps in the real And what finds itself from what Came before in experience and words.
Love Mary x The River Wandle is the largest river of the south southwest sector of London, England. Its name is thought to derive from the community around its mouth, Wandsworth. About 9 miles long, it passes through the London Boroughs of Croydon, Sutton, Merton, and Wandsworth to join the River Thames on the Tideway.. Mouth: River Thamesnn