The Tower was engineered
by Monsieur Eiffel in Paris
the Wheel was favoured
by Mr. Ferris
Michelangelo in Rome
contributed St. Peter's Basilica dome
Eddystone Lighthouse the first
was constructed by Winstanley and
in St. Paul's Cathedral
Sir Christopher Wren had a hand
the seated Thinker
was carved out by Auguste Rodin
the Taj Mahal (Mumtaz') tomb
commissioned by Shah Jahan
all roads lead to the Colosseum
started by Emperor Vespasian
Borglum executed Mount Rushmore
while Hadrian gave us the Wall
and Ferdinand de Lesseps
secured the Suez Canal
in Byzantine Constantinople
Justinian I built the Hagia Sophia
in Italy Bonanno Pisano began
the (later leaning) Tower of Pisa
the Egyptian Pharaoh Khafre
inspired the Sphinx
but in Scotland who designed
the Musselburgh (golf) Links
Categories:
eddystone, business, celebrity, fun, word
Form: Rhyme
I pray the lighthouse will stand firm
as waves are crashing overhead,
and if the tower's swept away,
I have no doubt we'll all be dead...
Eddystone Lighthouse, During a Storm - William Daniell
10th May 2016 for Constance's Within A Gilded Frame contest
Categories:
eddystone, history,
Form: Rhyme
I've been so lonely since he went
In my life it's left a rent
We'd been together many years
I've seen his laughter and his tears
I don't suppose I'll ever know
why one day he had to go
I'm still here both day and night
doing what I know is right
They only come but twice a year
to see me standing proudly here
They stop with me an hour or two
and then they leave and I feel blue
What did I do that was so wrong
I thought our bond was very strong
I can't be anything I said
that to this sundering has led
I feel so lonely now he's gone
For me he was the only one
Once I shone for only him
but now my light is growing dim
So now the only thing for me
is to carry on automatically
looking out into the night
for the keeper of my light
Categories:
eddystone, absence, allusion, betrayal, break
Form: Verse
old Smeaton’s Tower
spends its retirement dreaming
recalling its youth
no light in its eyes
glares at the young usurper
on Eddystone reef
Jack Horne for Russell’s In the Light of Haiku contest
Categories:
eddystone, history, light, light,
Form: Haiku