This publication was a labour of love; a combination of both my own poetry and design work. As a London commuter, I have been struck, likely as you have too, by the multitude of cranes around the city. From any which angle there is bound to be at least one visible. They’re all but unavoidable.
On my various different forms of commute, I have been documenting these silent sentinels as they create
the very fabric of our city. At the heart of the current construction boom, I have been exploring them from an ordinary perspective.
This anthology of poems muses on what myself and those around me might be thinking on our commutes and our potential reactions to the foot soldiers of such intense construction. Such developments are made starkly visible by the cranes that tower overhead; surely even the most determined of travellers might notice them?
Whilst on my journey I came across the award winning lm ‘The Solitary Life of Cranes’ by Eva Weber. It has prompted me to observe the city not just from my normal point of view on my commute, but from the observation of a crane driver up high – seeing structure and clarity that those of us below would not normally see. This too has inspired my poetry.
This publication is a celebration of the unity that can be found both in the metaphors within the verse and the visuals that accompany them.