Lowry Poems


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Categories: lowry, art,
Form: Ekphrasis

Premium MemberEmagi L S Lowry

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Categories: lowry, art,
Form: Shape


Premium MemberClerihew Lowry

Lawrence Tephen Lowry
famed for pictureque naivety
'Stick people' were his usp
of folk like us - both u&me
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Categories: lowry, art, people,
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Premium MemberLand of Lost Shadows: A Tribute To L S Lowry

land of lost shadows
and unweathered skies

five urban colours
through unflinching eyes

tall distant chimneys
and schoolyards at play

smoke drifting sideways
in stillness each day

sketches on packets
of stained cigarettes

strange brooding faces
and marionettes

people bent walking
with heads looking down

 - if lowry was living
he'd have painted my town.
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Categories: lowry, art,
Form: Ekphrasis

Art L S Lowry

( Coming home from the mill. )

Air full of smog from dirty factory chimney

people walking around square quite nimbly, 

grey clouds above small terraces workers abodes 

typical northern town with narrow cobbled roads,

Local shop owners struggle to make both ends meet

children with no socks or shoes on their feet,

family men hope for a day's work
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Categories: lowry, art, class, courage, environment,
Form: Rhyme


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