a swift dips
low to the rippling canal
by a navvy’s ghost
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem Perpetuum Mobile #2 rainbows sparkle (or movement in haiku), another great prompt from Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. All of the poems in the link-up can be read here. And, to finish, here’s the Specials –
Oh, very eerie!!! Especially with the music …. shudder!
BUT it’s also a great image too. Wow…!
This (rather mad) song was a no. 1 in the UK – there would be laws against such weirdness now!
Thanks, Jen! An image I brought back from Ireland in the summer 🙂
And what an image!
No. 1 in the UK? Wow … !
A no.1 from the early 80s – a damning indictment of Thatcher’s Britain. They don’t make ’em like that anymore!
Wow …. very cool!
Some of the Reagan-era material here is pretty amazing too. 🙂
It is, for sure. Was that the last flowering of the real ‘punk’ spirit, though, before the corporates bought the world..? [wipes tear from eye]
[sympathy tears]
🙂