Month: September 2014

Miles Whinfrey (c) September 2014

Concrete 1

Dig a pit to start the frame
Inside a grillage
Pour through special mix (whatever)
Re-entrant- it’s soon stuck fast
Columns sandwich the parts
Bound extra tight and going straight up
Guilloched rods
To give a good column
It can’t be a lash up job

Above is a kind of floor on stilts with boards
Don’t walk on it it’s not ready
Punctuated by rods again guilloched
With finely welded wire, criss-cross
Neither mash of sausage and mash
Nor pea soup
But will burn if touching

Beam’s a funny word
It means across and with power
It’s like a perfect colleague
Does the job of 2 or 3
An overworked floor
A missing column
Overbearing pile of storeys above

Wall with pilasters
Initially a canephor in a cella
Now it’s not a figure
Still prized for decorative face
Tracery of rods in new work
Bones with flesh when done
Stripped thoroughly and raw

keynote details in small work
once carved, now artstone
like a spirit of ecstasy on a Rolls Royce
Much bigger
Jettying out from a height
For a man or woman to make their mark
On the world

Aiken Drum By James Hogg 1821.
There was a man who lived on the moon, lived on the
moon, lived on the moon,
There was a man who lived on the moon,
And his name was Aiken Drum;

And he played upon a ladle, a ladle, a ladle,
And he played upon a ladle,
And his name was Aiken Drum.

And his hat was made of good cream cheese, good
cream cheese, good cream cheese,
And his hat was made of good cream cheese,
And his name was Aiken Drum.

And his coat was made of good roast beef, good
roast beef, good roast beef,
And his coat was made of good roast beef,
And his name was Aiken Drum.

And his buttons were made of penny loaves, penny
loaves, penny loaves,
And his buttons were made of penny loaves,
And his name was Aiken Drum.

HIs waistcoat was made of crusty pies, crusty pies,
crusty pies,
HIs waistcoat was made of crusty pies,
And his name was Aiken Drum.

His breaches were made of haggis bags, haggis bags,
haggis bags,
His breaches were made of haggis bags
And his name was Aiken Drum.

There was a man in another town, another town,
another town,
There was a man in another town,
And his name was Willy Wood;

And he played upon a razor, a razor, a razor,
And he played upon a razor,
And his name was Willy Wood.

And he ate up all the good cream cheese, good
cream cheese, good cream cheese,
And he ate up all the good cream cheese,
And his name was Willy Wood.

And he ate up all the good roast beef, good
roast beef, good roast beef,
And he ate up all the good roast beef,
And his name was Willy Wood.

And he ate up all the penny loaves, penny
loaves, penny loaves,
And he ate up all the penny loaves,
And his name was Willy Wood.

And he ate up all the good pie crust, good pie crust,
good pie crust,
And he ate up all the good pie crust,
And his name was Willy Wood.

But he choked upon the haggis bags, haggis bags,
haggis bags,
But he choked upon the haggis bags,
And that was the end of Willy Wood.

Aiken Drum (2014)
There was a man who lived on the moon, lived on the
moon, lived on the moon,
There was a man who lived on the moon,
And his name was Aiken Drum;

And he played upon a ladle, a ladle, a ladle,
And he played upon a ladle,
And his name was Aiken Drum.

And his hat was made of good cream cheese, good
cream cheese, good cream cheese,
And his hat was made of good cream cheese,
And his name was Aiken Drum.

And his coat was made of good roast beef, good
roast beef, good roast beef,
And his coat was made of good roast beef,
And his name was Aiken Drum.

And his buttons were made of penny loaves, penny
loaves, penny loaves,
And his buttons were made of penny loaves,
And his name was Aiken Drum.

HIs waistcoat was made of crusty pies, crusty pies,
crusty pies,
HIs waistcoat was made of crusty pies,
And his name was Aiken Drum.

His breaches were made of haggis bags, haggis bags,
haggis bags,
His breaches were made of haggis bags
And his name was Aiken Drum.

There was a man in another town, another town,
another town,
There was a man in another town,
And his name was Tafadswa C;

And he played upon a spreadsheet, a spreadsheet, a spreadsheet,
And he played upon a spreadsheet,
And his name was Tafadswa C.

And he ate up all the good cream cheese, good
cream cheese, good cream cheese,
And he ate up all the good cream cheese,
And his name was Tafadswa C.

And he ate up all the good roast beef, good
roast beef, good roast beef,
And he ate up all the good roast beef,
And his name was Tafadswa C .

And he ate up all the penny loaves, penny
loaves, penny loaves,
And he ate up all the penny loaves,
And his name was Tafadswa C.

And he ate up all the good pie crust, good pie crust,
good pie crust,
And he ate up all the good pie crust,
And his name was Tafadswa C .

And he came to live back in britain, in britain
in britain,
And he came to live back in britain,
And had a good and happy life .