Salford, 14th August 2019
Someone at the depot, didn’t really
Enjoy the manual extraction of
Paper , Metal , Plastics and Glass
As they passed him by on the conveyor belt
Reaction ? swift as bright coloured cousins joined the usual receptacle
And Markets created to conjure household rubbish by the
Tonne, into something much more pleasing to the
Eye, as yesterdays news transformed into blank new canvas
Bronze it may not be, but it can bang out a tune
Resonating a sound that travels up and down the land
As great winds travel through moulded instruments
Some would call it a bit of a live wire with its sound, but
Spark like some other metals ? its remote.
You’ll see its yellow tones on railways and industrial sites for that very reason
#Coloryourworld #cyw #silver #metallic
Some say they prefer it to Gold
it’s the way the
light falls on it you see
venerated by wise men and pirates alike
everyone knows – this precious metal – is secure in its place
revered by every smith that works it and every miner that hews it from the ground
#coloryourworld #antique-brass #cyw
At times you could mistake it for gold
with it’s off yellow patina
Decorating houses 🏡 with things from time gone by
But it’s much more valuable than that
To each wooden door 🚪 its castings and shapes
Bring a smile to those who are greeted by it
As younger successors buckle bridles and shoes
And animals awake their owners
As they knock on front doors around the land
#coloryourworld #cyw #copper #poetry #elements
Colour of a metal,
elementally – you’re not precious, but vital nonetheless
some would call you pink in colour
whilst others – nearer orange after time
collected by kids in schooldays attire
used by workmen in piping and wire
seen around , up and down
every house in the land
transporting utilities as vessels
from their works to home
Detroit Bridge, Erie Basin, Salford Quays
My entry for the “Look up” Photo Challenge
Picked it for the Red, White and Blue of the Steels in the bridge – as well as that wonderful blue you get of a Salford City Morning.
Could call it a little abstract on my part – but I like the way it makes shapes out of the morning sky.
