roofs - the fleeting world; bubbles in a stream

October 8, 2022 Street scenes - buildings

An asbestos symphony in the open air

“Under my tree-roof
slanting lines of April rain
separate to drops”

(P. Amsel in song Under my tree-roof, based on a haiku from M. Basho)
Eschweiler (D)

January 8, 2021 Culture of Industry

The 3 on the roof with view into the distance

“Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl
Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl”

(Bob Dylan in All along the watchtower)
Malmedy (B)

October 8, 2020 Street Scenes

The rain-soup pan

“Beautiful Soup, so rich and green,
Waiting in a hot tureen!
Who for such dainties would not stoop?
Soup of the evening, beautiful Soup!
Beautiful Soup!
Beautiful Soup!
Soup of the evening,
Beautiful, beautiful Soup!”

(L. Carroll in Alice’s adventures in Wonderland)
Diepenbeek (B)

July 25, 2017 What has been left

Who’s talking about a shelter

“Love is not all: it is not meat nor drink
Nor slumber nor a roof against the rain;
Nor yet a floating spar to men that sink
And rise and sink and rise and sink again …”

(E. St. Vincent Millay in Sonnet XXX)
Poulseur (B)

May 18, 2015 Culture of Industry Post a Comment

Toothed

"When the sands are all dry, he is gay as a lark,
And will talk in contemptuous tones of the Shark;
But, when the tide rises and sharks are around,
His voice has a timid and tremulous sound."

(Lewis Carroll in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)
Herstal (B)

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An asbestos symphony in the open air

The 3 on the roof with view into the distance

The rain-soup pan

Who’s talking about a shelter

Toothed