Panel poster; Poems on the Underground, "Snow" by Louis MacNeice, 2007 - 2008.
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Reference number | 2014/3059 |
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Dates | 2007 - 2008 |
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Completeness | 46% |
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Physical description
Dimensions Attribute Value Height 280mmWidth 610mmItem content Attribute Value Object title SnowText Snow
The room was suddenly rich and the great bay-window was
Spawning snow and pink roses against it
Soundlessly collateral and incompatible:
World is suddener than we fancy it.
World is crazier and more of it than we think,
Incorrigibly plural. I peel and portion
A tangerine and spit the pips and feel
The drunkeness of things being various.
And the fire flames with a bubbling sound for world
Is more spiteful and gay than one supposes -
On the tongue on the eyes on the ears in the palms of one's hands -
There is more than glass between the snow and the huge roses.
Louis MacNeice (1907 - 63)
By permission of David Higham Associates
from Collected Poems (2007)
Poems on the Underground
Mayor of London
Arts Council England
The Poetry Society
British Council
Transport for London -
People involved
Role Person(s) involved Artist Unknown, 2007 - 2008Commissioner Poems on the Underground, 2007 - 2008Poet Louis MacNeice,Publisher TfL, 2007 - 2008