The Rad-Shed Castle Written To Sir John G. Radcliffe Poem by chize ryan ogunkah

The rad-shed castle.

Mired in the benevolence of pristine antiquity

yet saunters ever so slightly into times ever changing capsule.

Ensconced in the little town of Chadderton

in the warm embrace of the apple tree residence,

overlooking the nightfall shutters of the Oldham horizon

and caressed and cascaded by the fading Mancunian evening sunset.

It plays host to mechanical ‘tids' and bits from tips and skips

which fashion an effervescent autobahn beauty

that flaunts itself in the ancient and modern towns of the English country.

A castle of varying beauty that's dusky in the autumn spell

but blushes to a glistening grey in the summer days.

A resilient wonder that has surpassed time-tested edifices

And still scribes its worth in the memory of locals

The Rad-shed castle, a quintessence of the Northern pride

that will always hold a place in the core of the Lancashire county