Necropolis

By Philip Sidney

A few summers ago my son photographed the changing face of industrial Birmingham.  My poems are an attempt to articulate some of the ideas in the images

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LDV: Washwood Heath (Necropolis)

By Philip Sidney on Mon, 01 Sep 2014

Grit, backbone of Midland industry, ground out by the elements, glacial drift, geological shift. Upon gravel the city made its shape. Halls of...
Biography
Poem
Certificate PG
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Saltley Gas Works (Necropolis)

By Philip Sidney on Thu, 11 Sep 2014

A rise and fall of gas, power pushed from metallic lungs into the manufactured land. Life flooded the mechanical. Death hung in the air, choked...
Poem
Certificate 12
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Urban Spring

By Philip Sidney on Sat, 07 Mar 2015

A little sun warms the bones, loosens an inner spring wound so tight it might snap. Something dormant wakes a memory of earth and air, green and song...
Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)
Poem
Certificate 12
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Aston Junction

By Philip Sidney on Tue, 28 Apr 2015

Quiet and cool in the concrete cave beneath a criss-cross of humming roads the only movement - a slow ooze of condensation down clammy walls. A...
Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)
Poem
Certificate U