2025 Festival Dates: 5 & 6 July

Of Earth and Sky

Queens Park

Dearest Empathy

 

by Anthony Anaxagorou

 

As the singular boat of time
carries you further into its water
you learn
that not all people are wicked
that poverty of mind wrecks surer
than poverty of cloth
that love always falls back into love
and that trees too pray
and animals too hurt.
You will see that not everyone
cries with tears
and in places where no light shines
you will always find
the strongest
dark

Until the day when the body
becomes filled with a million hearts
each working like floating bells
against the deep turn of heavy water.

Artwork Location

 

Address details:

Next to new concrete benches

 

 

Author Details

 

Website: www.anthonyanaxagorou.com

Twitter: @Anthony1983

Instagram: @anthony_anaxagorou

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Sponsors

Trusts & Foundations

The National Festival Of Making Delivery Team

National Festival of Making is supported by the Arts Council England, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, Brian Mercer Trust and Foundations and Partners. This project is part-funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

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