Ruins of Coventry Cathedral – Paul Conneally 2013
peeking through
an open doorway
a stuffed camel
a mother draws
the cathedral tower
rest your clipboard
on the first bishop’s tomb
a charge to enter
the new cathedral
shall we pray?
soon the sun will rise
not in the east but the west
it’s in the paper
go on then
write it out neat
steps to nowhere
a bombed out cathedral
trapped
behind a mountain
Gog and Magog
one pound fifty
a hundred and eighty steps
the child’s price
this tall tower
is it falling forwards?
a mouthful of chocolate
it’s okay
I cant take the pushchair up
anyway
a nice postcard from before the bomb
this place makes me think
about when we fled from war
our Somalia
Paul Conneally
Coventry 2013
Steps To Nowhere – comes out of conversations and overheard snippets with and from parents and children from Bridge Junior School, Leicester on a family learning trip to Coventry Cathedral. An audio piece made with the group by me was also made and will be shared at a later date. Many thanks to Rachael Cox for organising and coordinating the day which also included a visit to Coventry Transport Museum – PC