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Panel poster; Poems on the Underground, "Snow" by Louis MacNeice, 2007 - 2008.

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Main details for this item.
Reference number
2014/3059
Artist
Dates
2007 - 2008
Collection
Object type
  • Panel poster
Location
Topics
Completeness
46%
  • Physical description

    Dimensions
    AttributeValue
    Height
    280mm
    Width
    610mm
    Item content
    AttributeValue
    Object title
    Snow
    Text
    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

    RolePerson(s) involved
    Artist
    Unknown, 2007 - 2008
    Commissioner
    Poems on the Underground, 2007 - 2008
    Poet
    Louis MacNeice,
    Publisher
    TfL, 2007 - 2008