Word and Image Falling With apologies to W.H. Auden, here’s a poem about Kate Newlyn’s sculpture, ‘Icarus’. I have a bronze resin cast of this on our wall at home. It is slightly different in some minor details from the image.
Word and Image The Last Abode A poem prompted by seeing, in Veryan Churchyard Cornwall, an engraved stone which appeared to be growing out of a tree.
Word and Image A haiku A haiku prompted by looking at the steps which lead from our cottage to the front gate. They were strewn with petals from an overarching camellia tree in spring.
Word and Image St Edmund finds a new home Light verse about the statue of St Edmund in St Peter-in-the-East
Word and Image System Written for a challenge on the Hall Writers' Forum: a response to Blake's Newton
Word and Image The Ruined House A poem inspired by John Sell Cotman's painting of a ruined house by the sea
Word and Image Featured Wreck A poem inspired by Barbara Hepworth, written after seeing a wrecked boat on the Camel Estuary in Cornwall.
Word and Image Featured Chatterton Poem inspired by Henry Wallis's portrait of the death of Chatterton
Word and Image The Breadwinners A poem responding to Walter Langley's painting 'The Breadwinners' (Newlyn School)
