Thursday 8 October 2015

It's the 21st Birthday of National Poetry Day

Here's a couple of poems about our Swan of the Exe sculpture

The Swan of the Exe by Vicky Jocher

Collaborations
Amalgamations

By notions of history and art
Very much from the heart
A wackin' burd
Made perhaps fantastically, absurdly bold
Sea monster or swan
Whichever the plan,
A folly of old
A folly of new
with plastic jetsam and flotsam, orange, white and blue

Harp, aliens, carp and a... monster? by Monica Lang

Look! That harp plays all by itself
No-one’s there. ssss’ MAGIC Mum
ssss’MAGIC Dad
ssssssssssss
Look at the jellyfish
It’s not a jellyfish
It’s got aliens
inside
Ooh. Glittery fishes
Mirror carp
Colourbright dragons
Don’t forget the bags Mum and Dad
the next time we go to Sainsburys
You can Save the Planet too,  Mum and Dad
That’s what the sculptures are for…
out-with-the-kids but NOT SHOPPING  
nor armchairSkytelly content
They drag at their fags and their kiddie’s new clothes
Come away from those women in hats!
from their scissors lump hammers and mess
There’s Wetherspoons only down there
Come away from the sculptings and seagulls and sand
Come away from the Grand Teignmouth Pier
old buckets and worn spades
faded jeans and a picnic basket
chattering smiling laughing stopping
to admire our oh-it’s-a-monster
no it’s a swan
actually.
their children make her more feathers
out of our plastic milkbottles
and take photos

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