Posts Tagged: industrial halls
Dark clouds over our industrial landscape
On January 14, 2019
- Culture of Industry
"Wakonda Wakonda! Deep rolls thy thunder! Wakonda! They speak to me, my friend; The Weeping Ones, Hark! In deep rolling thunder calling. Wakonda! O friend, they speak to me. Far above, hark, Deep voiced in thunder calling." (A. Farwell in Inketunga's thunder song) Duisburg (D)
The wall as a wave
On September 23, 2018
- Culture of Industry
“The iron hand it ain’t no match for the iron rod
The strongest wall will crumble and fall to a mighty God …”
(Bob Dylan in When he returns)
Rocourt (B)
A goalkeeper’s memorial
On July 1, 2018
- What has been left
“I played goalkeeper.
I coached high school soccer teams:
I lost interest.”
(M. Walker in the haiku A soccer report)
Liège-Tilleur (B)
The abandoned stage of the industrial theater
On March 22, 2018
- Culture of Industry
“When a historic building is left to decay,
A theatre where once, famous names used to play.
Its stage steeped with memories of happier days,
Of concerts, comedians and actors in plays.”
(G.B. Hough in Ode To A Dead Theatre (Morecambe Winter Gardens Uk))
Bottrop (D)