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Panel poster; Poems on the Underground, I go inside the tree, by Jo Shapcott, 2021

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Reference number
2021/107
Description
Poster with text in English. Includes logos for Mayor of London, Arts Council England, British Council, The Poetry Society and Transport for London. There are also links to TfL.gov.uk/poems and poemsontheunderground.org
Artist
Dates
2021
Collection
Object type
  • Panel poster
Location
Topics
Completeness
49%

  • Physical description

    Dimensions
    AttributeValue
    Height
    280mm
    Width
    610mm
    Descriptive size
    panel poster
    Colour
    AttributeValue
    Colour
    • White
    Item content
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    Object title
    I go inside the tree
    Text
    I go inside the tree / Jo Shapcott / Reprinted by permission of Faber from Of Mutability (2010) / Indoors for this ash / is through the bark: / notice its colour - asphalt / or slate in the rain / then go inside, tasting / weather in the tree rings, / scoffing years of drought and storm, / moving as fast as a woodworm / who finds a kick of speed / for burrowing into the core, / for mouthing pith and sap, / until the o my god at the heart. / Poems on the Underground
    Design
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    Material
    paper

  • People involved

    RolePerson(s) involved
    Artist
    Tom Davidson, 2021
    Commissioner
    Poems on the Underground, 2021
    Poet
    Jo Shapcott,
    Publisher
    TfL, 2021