MUSEUM
Being fitted for a new look, I once saw her;
iron scaffolding leaned against her,
façade: brushes daubing a brightness to her,
and all the while, she was quietly peeping
through the bustle admiring the flowering
trees in Memorial Park.
Royal. please address her.
The Royal Victoria Institute
(National Museum and Art Gallery)
Port of Spain, Trinidad, that's her.
History lurks within shadows of her
cramped space and labels file her:
amerindian, Cazabon, bones, folklore.
Visiting footsteps and gapes remain within her
adding richness of legacy and heritage to her.
MUSEUM © gillena cox 2019
Poets United
Midweek Motif ~ Museum(s)
REVISIT
21 Aug 2017
21 Aug 2016
She looks beautiful and stately, and bursting with history!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your appreciatipn Sherry
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I love the personification, how she is gazing at her surroundings. The effect is multi-layered--a museum with contents expanded by location and by the visitors themselves. Bravo!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your appreciation Susan
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Nice. I like how she peeps at the trees, and the people too I imagine. You brought her to life, though she harbors history that's gone.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your appreciation Myrna
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Love reading this poem from the museum's perspective!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your appreciation Maggie
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What an inviting entrance, looks like a great place to viit.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your appreciation Robin
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and all the while, she was quietly peeping
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trees in Memorial Park. - that's so lovely!
Thanks for your appreciation Rajani
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Love this personification!! As I read the poem I could feel her. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your appreciation Sumana
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I love how you bring the museum to life
ReplyDeleteThanks for your appreciation Jae
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Oh beauty! The lady relates the history and the cultural fabric of the past and the present so artistically...As Jae said, ‘she brought the museum to life’.
ReplyDeleteLovely read, Gellina.
Thanks for your appreciation Panchali
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Hi Gillena, it is nice to read your "Voices" again. I have tried before from a comment you would leave on Bjorn's and others but was denied access.
ReplyDeleteYour Royal Victoria Institute sounds very interesting, if I come to Trinidad I would like visit there. My SIL has lost his dual citizenship but is trying to get Trinidadian back again. He and my daughter have a little land there to build a retirement home.
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Happy you dropped by Jim hope your son in law gets his Trinidadian back
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Yikes I have just heard from a childhood friend called Cazabon. Now i am going to have to research that name and its connection to Trinidad.
ReplyDelete😄thanks for dropping back Rall
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