Sunday, August 19, 2012

Magpie Tales 131...Inheritance

Under Windsor Bridge, 1912, by Adolphe Valette


Yellow acrid fog
Such captains of industry
Bequeath deadly shrouds



Magpie Tales 131...Pollution, miasma, industrial hunger.  Have we made any progress in the one hundred years since Valette's painting?
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7 comments:

  1. Brian MillerAugust 19, 2012 at 7:18 PM

    oo this has a nice bard to it...smiles....nicely done...

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  2. AnonymousAugust 19, 2012 at 10:06 PM

    Beautifully written, this ugly truth.

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  3. JinksyAugust 20, 2012 at 12:21 AM

    Mmmm... you have it in a nutshell.

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  4. BerowneAugust 20, 2012 at 5:47 AM

    Very timely post for our time; for 1912, not so much. :-)

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  5. kjAugust 20, 2012 at 9:18 PM

    oh troubling and unsettling: nice words with the color

    xo
    kj

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  6. Irish GumboAugust 21, 2012 at 10:42 AM

    Ouch. Makes me hold my breath, great moodiness in this.

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  7. 21 WitsAugust 21, 2012 at 9:58 PM

    I feel a mystery lurking around the corner!

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