Between the monuments of Lambeth Bridge
That is
On to the prettily pink painted Lambeth Bridge
A young man carries a haversack
Between the monuments of Lambeth Bridge
The woman, perhaps his mother, without his father
She pulls a gaudy, but colourful, suitcase
The sort only a divorcee would buy without thinking
A young man carries a haversack
I put one step in front of the other
Already today she and he have thought of him
We meanwhile have walked rather a long way
The woman, perhaps his mother, without his father
That is
To visit mosques, museums, and art galleries
I put one step in front of the other
The sort only a divorcee would buy without thinking
To visit mosques, museums, and art galleries
To take coffee and cakes, sat down by the river
We meanwhile have walked rather a long way
She pulls a gaudy, but colourful, suitcase
On to the prettily pink painted Lambeth Bridge
To take coffee and cakes, sat down by the river
Already today she and he have thought of him
Most days I would try to write a poem; it is a practice, as I suppose is meditation, or smiling, or watching the world go by
Thursday 16 August 2018
Wednesday 15 August 2018
Cube 3: Right, front, top, bottom, left, back
All too human
All too human at Tate Britain
Couples, families, groups of friends, folks on their own
A Sunday tradition, on Easter Monday
Headscarfs had to be worn
In the mosque
All too human at Tate Britain
You did not loiter
Headscarfs had to be worn
No place really for a woman
All too human
Too much violence in the Quran
You did not loiter
Look again at portraiture
A Sunday tradition, on Easter Monday
See just how the artists interpret our life
No place really for a woman
In the mosque
Spaces not filled with the peacefulness of peace
Look again at portraiture
Too much violence in the Quran
Spaces not filled with the peacefulness of peace
Couples, families, groups of friends, folks on their own
See just how the artists interpret our life
All too human at Tate Britain
Couples, families, groups of friends, folks on their own
A Sunday tradition, on Easter Monday
Headscarfs had to be worn
In the mosque
All too human at Tate Britain
You did not loiter
Headscarfs had to be worn
No place really for a woman
All too human
Too much violence in the Quran
You did not loiter
Look again at portraiture
A Sunday tradition, on Easter Monday
See just how the artists interpret our life
No place really for a woman
In the mosque
Spaces not filled with the peacefulness of peace
Look again at portraiture
Too much violence in the Quran
Spaces not filled with the peacefulness of peace
Couples, families, groups of friends, folks on their own
See just how the artists interpret our life
Tuesday 14 August 2018
Cube 3: Back, right, front, top, bottom, left
The car, without any markings, is sinister
The cocktail bar, with red velvet seating, is sinister
The Souza paintings are sinister
The Francis Bacon’s, all of them, always sinister
Lucian Freud, why? Naked
Lucian Freud, unattractive? Naked
The Souza paintings are sinister
Lucian Freud, grotesque? Naked
Francis Bacon: triptych; challenging
Francis Bacon: light bulb; challenging
Lucian Freud, unattractive? Naked
Francis Bacon; daring, challenging
Francis Bacon: triptych; challenging
RB Kitaj, blessed with the colourful
Lucian Freud, why? Naked
The car, without any markings, is sinister
Francis Bacon; daring, challenging
RB Kitaj, over-flowingly colourful
Lucian Freud, grotesque? Naked
The Francis Bacon’s, all of them, always sinister
RB Kitaj, blessed with the colourful
Francis Bacon: light bulb; challenging
The cocktail bar, with red velvet seating, is sinister
RB Kitaj, over-flowingly colourful
The cocktail bar, with red velvet seating, is sinister
The Souza paintings are sinister
The Francis Bacon’s, all of them, always sinister
Lucian Freud, why? Naked
Lucian Freud, unattractive? Naked
The Souza paintings are sinister
Lucian Freud, grotesque? Naked
Francis Bacon: triptych; challenging
Francis Bacon: light bulb; challenging
Lucian Freud, unattractive? Naked
Francis Bacon; daring, challenging
Francis Bacon: triptych; challenging
RB Kitaj, blessed with the colourful
Lucian Freud, why? Naked
The car, without any markings, is sinister
Francis Bacon; daring, challenging
RB Kitaj, over-flowingly colourful
Lucian Freud, grotesque? Naked
The Francis Bacon’s, all of them, always sinister
RB Kitaj, blessed with the colourful
Francis Bacon: light bulb; challenging
The cocktail bar, with red velvet seating, is sinister
RB Kitaj, over-flowingly colourful
Monday 13 August 2018
Cube 3: Left, back, right, front, top, bottom
Abandoned car
On the ring road
Police are aware stickers
Over smashed in windows
Maybe with a crowbar
Police are aware stickers
Someone must have been really angry
Someone must have done something very wrong
Perhaps gang warfare, or drug dealers
Or a seriously broken relationship
Someone must have been really angry
To cause so much wanton damage
What will it take for recovery
On the ring road
Or a seriously broken relationship
To make one lose one’s senses
What will it take for recovery
Abandoned car
Perhaps gang warfare, or drug dealers
Maybe with a crowbar
To make one lose one’s senses
Over smashed in windows
To cause so much wanton damage
Someone must have done something very wrong
On the ring road
Police are aware stickers
Over smashed in windows
Maybe with a crowbar
Police are aware stickers
Someone must have been really angry
Someone must have done something very wrong
Perhaps gang warfare, or drug dealers
Or a seriously broken relationship
Someone must have been really angry
To cause so much wanton damage
What will it take for recovery
On the ring road
Or a seriously broken relationship
To make one lose one’s senses
What will it take for recovery
Abandoned car
Perhaps gang warfare, or drug dealers
Maybe with a crowbar
To make one lose one’s senses
Over smashed in windows
To cause so much wanton damage
Someone must have done something very wrong
Sunday 12 August 2018
Cube 2: Left, back, front, bottom, top, right
Kings Cross is our next stop
Buffet is in coach H
First class has complimentary service
We are now leaving Peterborough
Past the building sites
Buffet is in coach H
Past the industrial estates
Past the open fields with potato pickers
Past the drainage channels
First class has complimentary service
Past the ponds with reeds and grasses
Past the church, on its own, in a field
Past the church, on its own, in a field
We are now leaving Peterborough
With embankments to both sides
Past the open fields with potato pickers
Past the drainage channels
Kings Cross is our next stop
Flooded fields, long boats on canals
Past the building sites
Flooded fields, long boats on canals
Past the ponds with reeds and grasses
Past the industrial estates
With embankments to both sides
Buffet is in coach H
First class has complimentary service
We are now leaving Peterborough
Past the building sites
Buffet is in coach H
Past the industrial estates
Past the open fields with potato pickers
Past the drainage channels
First class has complimentary service
Past the ponds with reeds and grasses
Past the church, on its own, in a field
Past the church, on its own, in a field
We are now leaving Peterborough
With embankments to both sides
Past the open fields with potato pickers
Past the drainage channels
Kings Cross is our next stop
Flooded fields, long boats on canals
Past the building sites
Flooded fields, long boats on canals
Past the ponds with reeds and grasses
Past the industrial estates
With embankments to both sides
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