Memories from a Box
A set of memories within two broken covers Cathedral towers in black and white Cast iron symbol of a proud nation White stone church on highest hill Glass covered pleasure as views glide by Artists at work under shady trees Cobbles underfoot in a textured square
The dome of a hero above a granite tomb A triumphal arch, and a grand avenue Expo architecture, symmetry in stone An old friend, probably a flame A house in a suburb a garden to tame Grand images of the city at night Alive and with moving lines of light
A Collection of friends, now forgotten Different journeys paths that part Famous bridges over a rivers ring Views from a hotel window and different string Art card postcards to make you think Sepia photos of a place once loved Famous rock stars their tracks recalled A pebble beach is not ignored A school photo in gold trim frame VW camper van broken down again
Stark picture of a 60’s tower, A crane against a cloudy sky Silhouette, a winter tree on a lonely hill An abstract of the nails spill A group of boys before the race Two swans swimming on a silken lake The 'Underground' sign on a London street The expedition to Snowdon a photo to keep
A picture of a stone built abbey There the very first photograph taken And a double exposure of a very close friend Still life images of oil lamp and pans Together with the mechanism of a mantle clock A wheeled waste bin atop a grid A spider’s web outlined in frost And a foggy day at the rivers edge The Ball and chain from an industrial crane
A certificate won for playing the trumpet A close up of an old door latch A very old barn without its thatch A fish eye view to distort the street A fallen tree across the creek The casting shadow as the sun goes down Runner’s legs in a lens shown round A Lake in winter cold and still Flotsam at the waters edge Pupil in shorts and a rugby shirt
A fox in close up on a local lawn Ventilator grids shown at dawn Helicopter hovers overhead Tudor chimneys stand into the sky Steel stairs fixed, black paint and rusting Sculpture of a horse’s head And a street scene in black and white Pleasant view of a famous hill Across a low stone wall close to home A planet like view of an office space The face of a youth in a very black place The athletes preparing for the race And a boy shown running to keep the pace
The way to the mountain a wide-open place A solitary lake on the steep hillside An old stone arch with crumbling door A leaded lantern fixed to the wall Waterproof cover to watch the waters fall A window latch in shadow against a clapboard house A sash window set in an old brick wall Dappled shade before the autumn fall And a road sign showing ‘Highway 61’ Sadly for him this is ‘No Direction Home’
Poem: Richard Walker 12 Dec 2008
Note: These lines describe photographs taken as they came out from an old box file that belonged to my late son, many of the pictures taken by him, and a few of my own from my youth. An interesting miscellany of images with a few verbal twists of my own! The picture is of that actual box file although the contents have since been resorted. I guess many of us will have a box like this one and I thought it would be good to write just a line or two to represent each photo it contained.
