Friday 22 April 2022

2022.17 Piping

This one I lay squarely at the feet of @PoetryOD, with her prompt of the picture below of @Sk8Liborius:

The nave is now a hymn of curves,
the altar tagged with loving lines.
This space has claimed what it deserves,
the nave is now a hymn of curves.
The belfry rings with rolling swerves,
and through the air Survival chimes.
The nave is now a hymn of curves,
the altar tagged with loving lines.

A photo of a high view from within a gothic cathedrael. Pews and choir stalls have been removed and replace with various sizes of ramps and an enormous half-pipe stretches most of the width of the visible area, the colour of the polished wood blending almost seamlessly with the golden stone of the pillars it surges up to engulf. The visible walls at ground level are tagged with massive murals and graffiti. Higher up, between the arches, are ancient paintings of religious scenes. Two people stand at the far end of the half-pipe, one significantly shorter than the other. The scene is sunlit and feels peaceful, despite the initial incongruity.
Sk8Liborious is a passion project preserving the oldest Neo Gothic Cathedral west of the Mississippi and transforming it in a community arts hub

There was going to be a whole thing where pigeons were mentioned, but that may need to wait for another poem. 😄 (I was also going to call it Labour of Love or Libor of Love, and then I remembered that, for some reason, I’m sticking with single word titles this year, so...) This form is one of my yearly traditions: a triolet, which is – you guessed it – available in the Concrete and Repeating Poems Spreadsheet.

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