Visit to London from March 26-April 2, 2012. Stuck to the city itself with only side trips by train to city of Bromley to visit one of the few remaining flowing Springs and by river cruise downriver and back to Royal Observatory. The visit was to see my daughter who is studying at University College of London. Was a bit overwhelming because of the number of museums we visited. My observational and interest level was high but after the first thousand items passed my visual stream I started to wear out. I had a list of twenty sacred Springs of London and my wife and son were good sports about trailing along with me as I tried to find them.
Visiting POETS' CORNER was satisfying. A new favorite image is sitting on a folding chair in the POETS' CORNER awaiting inspiration. Took many photos and wrote a few poems.GLIMPSES OF LONDON
raven at Tower of London
protects the realm from ill prophecy
Indian Tribes of the United States by Schoolcraft
on the shelf at British Museum of Natural Historytiny beads strung in pattern
at chest of young female mummy
Reynard the Fox German illustrations
from the beginning of Romanism
fake bundles of ancestor’s bones
under sign saying some cultures keep their dead with them
giant turtles and giant bears bigger than SUV’s
their bones reattached to skeletor frames
painted taxi body advertising
Singing in the Rain
at Winchester ask the attendant
“Of course, I know where they keep William Blake”
1500 headless bodies found buried under
the church floor, now nameless traitors
homemade meat pies served by the cook herself
from her kitchen last night, now off a cart at Greenwich Market
oval sand-white stone in pocket
smooth memory of Saint Blaise’s Spring
two wing feathers found side-by-side
in a flowerbed at Royal Observatory
March 31, 2012
London
