It's huge! We finished it last night and had a lot of fun jumping on the letters. The poem was shown at the British Library this morning, and it will be at the Royal Festival Hall tomorrow. (Thursday) You can also hear about it on BBC 's Poetry Please.Left to right measurement: 13 metres (43 ft) at its widest point
Top to bottom measurement: 8.7 metres (28 ft) at its widest point
Number of squares: 1200+
Top to bottom measurement: 8.7 metres (28 ft) at its widest point
Number of squares: 1200+
Dylan Thomas
In My Craft or Sullen Art
In my craft or sullen art
Exercised in the still night
When only the moon rages
And the lovers lie abed
With all their griefs in their arms,
I labour by singing light
Not for ambition or bread
Or the strut and trade of charms
On the ivory stages
But for the common wages
Of their most secret heart.
Not for the proud man apart
From the raging moon I write
On these spindrift pages
Nor for the towering dead
With their nightingales and psalms
But for the lovers, their arms
Round the griefs of the ages,
Who pay no praise or wages
Nor heed my craft or art.
Copyright Dylan Thomas.
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8 comments:
This looks fantastic! :D
THAT'S AMAZING!
absolutely amazing!
How wonderful. I wish I could see it. Where willit go next?
You can see the poem at the Royal Festival Hall today and I think, on the television tonight. It will be part of the BBC's end of the poetry season.
thank you prick your finger gals for getting it all together. i had great fun knitting my M and sewing the Moon with my knitty sisters. hope to see it in all its glory one day
A big thankyou from me too. I really enjoyed making my H and imagining all of the other knitters around the world working on their letters. Wish I was in the UK to see the poem - perhaps it will tour Australia one day :-)
Hi Slowmo!
Your H was much valued, we'll get a full picture at some point and then you can find it. If you want it to come to Australia, just ask, because the P Soc are up for it touring, so spread the seed! x
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