Poems for TRAIL 2018

Saturday, 18 August 2018

Kathangotectranga

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War Horse

The War Against Plastic

Tuesday, 7 August 2018

Trail of Hope

Hope by Charlotte Yeo

Moby Sick by Ali-Way Scrapstore and Co-ordinBart

Our trail of destruction brings this Trail of Hope:
coathangers, buckets and bits of old rope
Towering waves in the decades to come
towering with rage about what we have done -
in the middle of the 5 oceans - the camera records
islands of plastic. The size of blue whales?
No not blue whales, but green Wales
That’s what we have done

Tell the children. Get the children
to sea for themselves
yes SEA for themselves
see the sea in its grief
and help it. How can they
put right what is wrong?
Just tell them. They’ll fix it
They’re our future
They are strong

When we’re old and decrepit
when we won’t understand
our children will be our carers
and they’ll make a stand
if we show them
by these sculptures
that there’s hope for our land

..............................................Monica Lang

Tuesday, 31 July 2018

Kattanga by Marie Antoinette

Kattanga the War Horse on Teignmouth seafront

Kattanga

As I stand beside the sea
My mind begins to wander
I think of all the waste
And of all the squander

For I know that much of me
Would have been in a landfill
Instead I'm art and standing proud
Tall, free and beautiful

A war horse fighting on to keep
Our world for generations
I am standing tall to save
Land and sea full of pollution

Kattanga, it's a catchy name
So let it stand to remind
That plastlc kills like bullets fired
Total destruction left behind

Don't let a piece of plastic fall
To the ground or in the ocean
It is not fit for purpose
And makes a toxic potion

Be mindful as you think of me
Don't spoil what nature gave
Instead recycle all you can
And let the ocean create clean waves

...................................................Marie Antoinette

Saturday, 28 July 2018

phillieespley on Instagram - Kattanga the War Horse

🎶 I’ve been through the desert on a horse made of cellophane, felt good to be out of the rain ... 🎶 . . . #teignmouth #beach #sculpture #devon #devonshire

A post shared by Phillie Espley (@phillieespley) on Jul 23, 2018 at 1:37pm PDT

Friday, 27 July 2018

Poems please

The outdoor sculpture trail is complete, and it's time for the first poems. Your poems will be published here as they arrive. Serious or funny,...

Poems About Sculpture

...villanelles, sestinas, rhyming couplets or free verse.
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Wednesday, 25 July 2018

TRAIL on BBC iPlayer

TRAIL on Spotlight

18 minutes and 33 seconds into the BBC Spotlight Southwest Evening News; first broadcast today

The sculptures are installed

Pictures of all the sculptures are already on the TRAIL Facebook page
Here's a couple to whet your appetites
Photographs of all the sculptures will soon be on The sculptures page of this website

Wednesday, 11 July 2018

A sculpture story

Follow THIS LINK to see photographs of one of the sculptures-in-progress. The graceful horses by Sayaka Ganz inspired this entry

Monday, 9 July 2018

Look who's coming to Teignmouth

Breaking news! Trump will be visiting Teignmouth on 22nd July and staying till 3rd September! Apparently he loves the local crazy golf courses

Trump by Malcolm Curley

sculpture by Malcolm Curley

Take Shape

Take ideas
Have a brainwave
Find rubbish
and make it
Find children
and help them
see the picture
Plastic oceans
Who did that?
Can we fix?
Show we care
Put our sculptures
on the seafront
at Teignmouth
if we dare

Monica Lang

a sculpture in progress: Kattanga the War Horse