Tag: poem

Coat of alms

A mermaid and fawn;

resident grotesques adorn

this sheltered housing

 

by Scooj

Mourning

Three ladies in black;

has the Summer come to this?

or did someone die?

 

By Scooj

Leviathan

Blue whales arrive with

a message in a bottle –

don’t throw it away.

 

by Scooj

As part of Bristol Green Capital, this enormous public art installation will be launched on Friday 17 July. I saw the artists making the finishing touches to ‘Bristol Blue Whales’ today. It is stunning.

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20. Wheatpaste

Man eating cheese square;

incongruous street poster

in Bristol’s Mark Lane.

 

by Scooj

19. Flutter by

A calm Summer morn’

punctuated only by

a passing comma.

 

by Scooj

* The Comma (Polygonia c-album) is a species of butterfly found across Europe, and from N. Africa through Asia as far as Japan.

God’s Wonderful Railway

Near silent station,

rush hour suspended today,

unions strike out.

 

by Scooj

Trial part 2

Interview over.

Head home feeling slightly sick.

Did I do enough?

 

by Scooj

Trial part 1

Sprinklers chattering;

a secluded London park.

Peace…pre-interview

 

By Scooj

Shaun the Sheep

The sheep are in town;

families roam clutching maps –

gotta catch em all.

 

By Scooj

Following the success of the Gromit Trail two years ago, Bristol is hosting the Shaun the Sheep Trail, which was officially started today.