Places of the mind ...

I'm eating lemon drizzle high above The Great Court - 

I've just looked at a beautiful spooky watercolour by Henry Moore - 

Wildflowers will soon turn the bombsite into a secret garden - 

Searchlights will sweep across the reddened sky - 

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The landscape Samuel Palmer painted was illumined by heavenly light - 

In the city churchyard, John Craxton remembered a Cretan bar -  

Turner waited for the storm to darken the lagoon - 

The stars danced inside a sea shell - 

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Looking at each painting was like listening to a story -  

Each haunting word held me in its spell - 

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Tuesday 15 August 2017

Members Room

British Museum

London