Friday, December 17, 2004
Making a splash
posted by John Davies at 11:30 PM
This is good to look at, great fun, and it's in the newly-reconditioned heart of the city - the fountain in Williamson Square. Kids play in it; folks gaze at it; at night it glistens, glitters, shines in the coloured lights at its base. And Roger McGough's playful little poem skips merrily around its edge:
water is fountainous is gymnast is flash
water is mountainous is scallywag is splash
water is mysterious is playhouse is dream
water is serious is stargazy is steam
water is humorous is teardrop is serenade
water is curious is careless is cavalcade
water is sumptuous is rainbow is ecstatic
water is tempestuous is babyface is erratic
water is curvaceous is shipshape is piggyback
water is flirtatious is scatterbrain is paddywhack
water is mischievous is fidgety is chatterbox
water is Liverpool is river is paradox
Plenty more pics of this and other pieces of Liverpool public art at this site.
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