Maisonnettes
The houses in Windermere Street are 'let off in
floors'
Which perhaps is the reason it always seems so alert.
Little groups of young men and girls gather round
its front doors,
And keen eyes at all windows observe their endeavors
to flirt.
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Douglas Goldring's poem "Maisonnettes" was published in the 1916 Others anthology. To read the poem in full in a digitized version of this publication, follow the link below: