An internationally-known poet dedicated a poem to Aylesbury and it remains relevant today.

New Zealand poet, Jan Beaumont, penned a short tribute to the town in 2022. But with Aylesbury and swathes of the UK enduring a historic drought period this summer, the poem remains just as relevant today.

Ron Adams, the Ron mentioned in the poem, passed the verses onto The Bucks Herald.

Here is the poem in full:

I'm off to the Post Office

My bucket in my hand

It's full of Kiwi water

Now doesn't that sound grand ?

Our friends in lovely Aylesbury

Are needing water quick

I'm not sure how to post it

But I hope it does the trick!

So, Ron and Jan and others

Accept this with our love

We hope that very soon you'll get

Your own from up above.

We've had a flaming downpour here

But we're not known for greed

And so we hope this reaches you

In your hour of need !!

Jan Beaumont is a published author and speaker who is based in Auckland. She is perhaps best-known for a heart-warming, positive, and humorous poem she produced in lockdown. Her ‘Let’s All Drink to Lockdown’ poem was shared all across the world. It was reproduced in a book which featured over 60 of the Kiwi writer’s poems.

She describes her work as simple, lighthearted and written about everyday things that make me smile. Jan has published over 300 poems and previously been featured on the BBC and in New Zealand-based publications.