I attended a wonderful Creative Writing course with the University of Teesside in the Summer.
After attending the beginners last year, I attended the research course.
Andy Willoughby our tutor suggested we looked at art for inspiration for our writing and we all had a go.
It now seems that we are to be part of published anthology of poetry, with a reading soon at MIMA.
Amazing!
So we are to go to the Launch of the project and the book.
AN ANTHOLOGY OF EKPHRASIS
My poem is about a couple of paintings of my home town Middlesbrough by JS Lowry.
Here they are. In one, you can see Lowry walking across the market place with his dog , whereas in the other he is not there.
HERE IS THE POEM
HEY
LOWRY!
Hey
Lowry. Where’s your dog gone?
Has
someone nicked it mate?
Old St
Hilda’s no longer there
And
there’s a padlock on the Sally Army gate!
Hey
Lowry, where’s that other bloke gone?
The old
town hall’s still there, just!
Remember
that old clock and the Tranny?
They’ve
just painted over the rust.
Hey
Lowry, they’ve flattened Fleetham Street and my old school
Are you
still collecting the rent?
Some
gadgie has recalled it Gresham
I
suppose it was well meant?
Hey
Lowry, we’ve got a MIMA, a Tenemos and a bottle now
The
General , the Infirmary are all in the past
No Ayresome park or a Holgate end
No
Parkies any more, but I can still run quite fast!
Hey
Lowry, there’s No Rag and Bonemen
No
refund on the pop bottles, no number 14 bus.
The
Poly’s a University
No
Hintons and no Pybus Bros
Hey
Lowry, old Baker Street’s still there
We’ve
got an Orange Pip market now
But the
slipper baths and the Gaumont are just a memory
But
I’ll never forget them, my childhood will not allow.
