His name was
Pond Edward Pond Who’s work accompanied me Through a period of time On the train from West Hampstead To Streatham And back in The mid to late 90’s My late teens I remember the worn blue Geometric fabric seats And blue plastic interior Of the train And in the four far corners Of each carriage Blue panels on which Were printed Edward Ponds In all their shades of blue They also had streaks of white Flat areas of grey Intersected by Thin black lines Drawn and resembling London landmarks Such as St Pauls cathedral And London Bridge I could hear the brief… ‘Don’t jolt, and not too Bold’ A smooth transition From beyond the window To interior And artwork and Beyond the window Interior and Artwork And… Network South East Or Thameslink I think? Luton to Sutton, A to B Overcast skies Over Looking The River And the Stations... Stations That were, In keeping with Their uniformity Repeating down the line ‘And make it blue.’ I remember the sound of brakes Getting louder, High pitched notes Ascending Harmonica sound As the train slowly halts And then Jolts to a start On it’s way over The Thames to Streatham I was in a carriage, In London Going through my passage Of time From teenager To Adulthood No career To think of Uncertain yet free And in my prime Sometimes With friends Sometimes alone One constant was… The work of Edward Pond And Being cocooned In all this blue Repeating On Network South East Or Thameslink I think? Going from A to B And back And A to B And...
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Now that the sun comes out
I go outside to draw Urban aspects Like buildings They surround me Black squared windows Thin drainpipes Cornices, roof tops It’s all very symmetrical Bricks having straight lines and all Though I cant last more than 3 mins Before I get tired of symmetry Straight Exact ordered blocked shapes Rendering this tiresome I now draw without looking At the paper I scan the buildings With my eye And feel the pen Drift Across the paper I wont look at the page for Perhaps 10 mins And then see what I get An ink sprawl of Urbanity Buildings outlines Seem alive Through their irregularity Lines like live wires! After all Aren’t buildings alive? Imbued with all those stories, Generations overlapped Layers of Tenancy’s And Histories Inhabitants |
AuthorSam Weldon - Artist |