Phil Lately
A man of the world
A boy of the past
Child inside dreams
With a collectors heart
Gets on his old hobby horse
From the age of why don’t you?
Holds aloft dusty album
Grandson ponders, What wonders?
Boys own, now Grand Dad zone
Stamped with nostalgia
Opened with a flourish
The unhinged flutter free
Treasures tweesed teased
Back into its own place
Some made for airmail
But not intended to fly
Delivering bold colours
Pictures of postage paid
Gathered into galleries
Worldly as an atlas
More than label of letters toll
Catalogued currency
Boosted by posting
Its own valuations
Golden age of acquisition
Collections for the masses
Covered on the first day
Packed for presentation
Celebration issues
Centenaries, events
A Royal part of pomp
And circumstance
Be headed silhouette
Monarch’s mark holds court
Whether first or second class
Rarity mounted in sparseness
His past pride and joy
From an era of excitement
Displayed with affection
Activity antique
Grandad Phil closes his album
Looks at Grandsons polite smile
Philately a lost vintage
Is now just Phil Lately
Alison, John and Martin. Thank you for kind comments. Nostalgia was my aim. I think we forgethow big stamp collecting used to be
So much going on here. I enjoyed this.
I loved this Jon, so many wiffs of nostalgia, 'Some made for airmail But not intended to fly'. lovely.
Very clever