With National Poetry Day approaching on October 7th, the Chartered Institute of Building is calling for examples of when concrete forms, sunlight in a new structure or the growth of a property from among the scaffolding has inspired an artistic response from those involved in its construction.
A selection of poems are due to be published on the institute's website on the day itself, with submissions welcomed until October 5th by email.
Members are asked to identify themselves as such in their submission - and all poems should have publication permission from the original author.
Concrete forms, metal frameworks and glass facades may all appear in the rhymes written, as the institute points out the variety of different forms of expression that fall under the banner of poetry.
To inspire its members, the institute has published Seamus Heaney's Scaffolding in Construction Manager magazine, comparing the stripping away of the early efforts of a budding relationship to the way a completed building emerges from its support.
"Never fear; we may let the scaffolds fall, confident that we have built our wall," writes Heaney.
Posted by Jude Whitehouse
A selection of poems are due to be published on the institute's website on the day itself, with submissions welcomed until October 5th by email.
Members are asked to identify themselves as such in their submission - and all poems should have publication permission from the original author.
Concrete forms, metal frameworks and glass facades may all appear in the rhymes written, as the institute points out the variety of different forms of expression that fall under the banner of poetry.
To inspire its members, the institute has published Seamus Heaney's Scaffolding in Construction Manager magazine, comparing the stripping away of the early efforts of a budding relationship to the way a completed building emerges from its support.
"Never fear; we may let the scaffolds fall, confident that we have built our wall," writes Heaney.
Posted by Jude Whitehouse