
Stand to Attention
This
site
used
to
be
somewhere
else
but
still
here.
This
sight
is
proof
of
a
past
life,
now
the
pillars
of
your
society:
surrounding
you
supporting
you
bathing
you
in
sunlight
eight
minutes
past.
About Stand to Attention
This poem was written in response to a prompt from Dr Jonathan Skinner: to write a poem that goes beyond the borders of the page. Inspired by sculptures in Jephson Gardens in Royal Leamington Spa, this poem is intended to be printed and folded such that the words go in a spiral, mimicking the sculptures themselves. Each sculpture carries the testimony of a town resident about the past of the town's vibrant history.

Recorded on
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Read by
Vance Hatton