One of the picture-poems in our Edinburgh Revisited exhibition, which starts next weekend,relates to the debate about statues.
Edinburgh’s Monumental Night Out describes the annual party that Edinburgh’s statues have on the 21st December.
Of the 53 statues only 3 are female!
A HELPING HAND
Reach out,
In that momentary breaching
Of the forcefield of our space,
That simple pleasure
To clasp another,
Connecting our pulsing
Beings in a instant’s touch;
Or perhaps a hug?
The touching of the… https://t.co/q9FhOrTBmD
TWO YEARS AGO TODAY
Two years ago today,
I walked from Manly to Collaroy,
Passing from bluff to beach,
And back again,
The warm wet sand sliding up
Through welcoming toes,
The waves breaking against my mind,
The… https://t.co/dG9ThsNnrJ
“Believe that a further shore is reachable from here.” Seamus Heaney.
The older I get, the more optimistic I become. I’m sure it’s not supposed to work that way.
#2020