Month: October 2015

War memorial

 

So many left to

fight and gave their lives in haste;

now the grass grows green

 

by Scooj

Swindon

 

If anyone can

tell me what the hell’s going

on here, please could they

 

by Scooj

 

Making waves

 

Autumn waves crash on

tiled floors, a terrarium

for urban living

 

by Scooj

Piper

 

Penny whistle man

playing for a few coppers

and humanity

 

by Scooj

S.O.S.

 

Secretary of

State for the environment,

I don’t believe you.

 

by Scooj

Commentary on a speech made by Elizabeth Truss on 14 October, entitled Open Environment.

6.15pm

 

Dusk comes early now

and bats flutter, fattening

for Winter slumber.

 

by Scooj

50. Culver Street

It is only right to mark my 50th street art post with my favourite stencil artist. JPS, an adopted son of Bristol is from nearby Weston-super-Mare, where several of his works adorn the holiday town streets.

JPS, Culver Street, Bristol, September 2015
JPS, Culver Street, Bristol, September 2015

This incredibly detailed stencil, ‘Spartacus’ is a tribute to the Welsh actor Andy Whitfield who played the star role in the Starz TV production of Spartacus. He died in 2011 aged 39 of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

JPS, Culver Street, Bristol, September 2015
JPS, Culver Street, Bristol, September 2015

I was lucky enough to photograph this work a day or two after it was completed on 13 April 2015. It is the detail of the clothing and belt that I think marks out JPS as an incredible talent.

JPS, Culver Street, Bristol, September 2015
JPS, Culver Street, Bristol, September 2015

The ‘Spartacus’, on the wall of the Queen Shilling night club, is only yards away from another JPS I posted on 8 July 2015.

9/10

Bondage

 

I sit in front of

my screen, deprived of freedom;

I’ll let my mind walk

 

by Scooj

Cloud spirit

 

Now in the morning

chill my exhalations dance

in front of my eyes

 

by Scooj

Clement

 

A blocking high sits

obligingly overhead

warming Autumn hearts.

 

by Scooj