Architecture Poems - Poems about Architecture

Light shining through stained glass windows Rainbows tearing light from worldly shadows From the windows of aeons With Valentinus and Seth as icons Banners of the sayings of Christ From the bright Gospel of Thomas unpriced...Read the rest...

I was an active, prominent architect, like fervent stars which race the sun, Or exotic, summer flowers that bloom vibrantly, creating rapturous visions. I'd wrought modernist skyscrapers, as huge trees lean into a bronze glaze, On raspberry,...Read the rest...

. Off Womb Earthed HumanS In Worship Of Nature For Love of Nature A shelter to be safe From Fury of Nature Place to Explore Called ...Read the rest...

1. When in Rome a) Tour Vatican City b) Be awestruck by the Colosseum c) Marvel at the Trevi Fountain d) Study the architecture 2. When in Dubai a) Learn Arabic b) Wear sandals c) Go skiing d) Feel the call to prayers 3. When in London a) Eat a proper breakfast b) Have scones and clotted...Read the rest...

We Look Up At The Family Of Tracery Architecture Tracery architecture began seeing the light From the Gothic Age on it gained its birthright Its beauty spread left and right, day and night In the stoneware dividing the...Read the rest...

He was a designer from an early age He knew this when he turned a catalog’s page His parents were proud; his ideas were all the rage He grew up to design buildings, some will never age He has...Read the rest...

Outside you just see the marquis, it’s ancient lights all glittery, amidst a city past it’s prime, hallmark of a more genteel time. This was a movie palace once, now mostly stage, theatric fun, larger than Broadway’s hallowed grounds, though it’s the...Read the rest...

Five chimney pots standing proud on victorian tiles and darkened shroud of stone, it stands alone. Bleak and raven tarnish grown in age and time, its beauty faded, stout yet jaded. Resolute, it does remain a formidable...Read the rest...

Up the mountain The forest hides a fountain Escape the summer madness, In cool shade Ice cold water Glides through my fingers Senses awake A gushing melody Under Ottoman shapes There's light on the surface Even oppressors Leave relics to impress us This oasis of...Read the rest...

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A solitary wren perches on a perfect arch And warbles a pitiful tune A domed silhouette is cast against the moon The faded cerulean crown Pillar upon pillar, arch upon arch Magnolia marbled magnificence resides amongst concrete But where...Read the rest...

As robins forage on the lawn, their last pre-frost hunt, and feast within the berried trees, I wonder if they think upon an old disheveled nest and recall at all their youth within its sheltered folds; as we might ponder while passing by our...Read the rest...

B-uildings I-n E-xcellent N-ice V-iew E-mploy N-ifty I-mpressive D-esign O-f M-arvelous A-rchitecture N-otably A-mazing L-ooking O-bservers Topic: Birthday of Bro. Bienvenido G. Manalo (August 28) Form: Vertical Monocrostic...Read the rest...

I was walking down the sidewalk of a big-box shopping center, lost in my thoughts, as usual, barely even noticed the thing. Tucked back twenty yards or so, I first thought it was a warehouse, squat, and ordinary looking, 'Cavalry's Victory Church.' No...Read the rest...

Notre Dame...Notre Dame... your eight hundred years of wisdom’s gone; eight hundred years of beauty strong; architectural sage, Notre Dame. Notre Dame your life has seen so many broken centuries and oh, the stories your stones could tell, told by the ringing...Read the rest...