Stasis at Big Hands: An Edo-Ancoats Trilogy

Stasis at Big Hands

Inspired by the “Beneath the Great Wave” exhibition at the Whitworth Art Gallery. Artwork: “Night View of Saruwaka-machi” (1856) by Utagawa Hiroshige.

I.

Stasis on the ledge,
Pigeon watches Ducie paths,
Black stout cool in glass.

II.

Deep Prussian blue waves,
Exposition of old worlds,
Overawes the sense.

III.

Lowry’s Ancoats streets,
Moving through the Edo night,
Two shores share same strokes.

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