Sarahsouthwest at dVerse Poets Pub suggested Lee Madgwick’s mesmerising images as a starting point, saying:
I first came across Lee’s work on Twitter – @LeeMadgwick – and was struck by his surreal landscapes, and those enigmatic buildings. I immediately wanted to share them with you guys, and see what poetry came out of them, and Lee was kind enough to give me permission to do that. Please stick with these images, as these are the ones we have permission for – but if you want to see more of Lee’s (amazing) work, you can find him at leemadgwick.co.uk.
So it’s very simple tonight – choose an image, and write a poem inspired by it.
Fenland townhouse tethered there brick-worn in the weathered air silvered reeds as feathered wear boat or bargement windowed door and gaping archment silty fen and sandy parchment sulky sky cuttings, droves and eel-y eye stir the bunting's lullaby © Kathy Labrum McVittie 13 September 2022 I lived near the Cambridgeshire fens, Eastern England, for most of my adult life. The boat in the reeds is familiar enough, but the dreamlike edifice transforms the scene to something bridging to my childhood home in northwest England, where the red bricks were familiar. The Canal through Chester cut through Triassic sandstone, from which the house bricks had been made. The 'bunting' might relate to the Reed Bunting (bird) or to a song that my mum sang me when I was tiny: 'Bye baby bunting, Your dadda's gone a-hunting He's going to get a rabbit-skin To wrap a baby bunting in''
I really like your use of rhythm and rhyme here, and it resonates round the “bunting” It feels like a spell or a skipping rhyme. I love it.
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Thank you for appreciating the rhythm and rhyme. I was never very good at skipping in the school playground!
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Love the crisp imagery specially the last lines:
sulky sky
cuttings, droves and eel-y eye
stir the bunting’s lullaby
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Your words really capture the essence of the art, Kathy. Lovely rhymes too.
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thank you Punam!
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Wonderfully handled – it comforts one with its rhythm – It really is a joy to read out loud. I’m giving you a standing ovation – my favorite one so far!
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That’s so kind of you Margaret – the poem is very honoured to have been read out loud!
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I really love the sound of your poem… it begs to be read aloud… also I love how you capture the dissonance between two different places.
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A lovely interpretation to read!
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Wow!! Enchanting words luv the rhyming.
Much💛love
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