
Sydney Opera House by Jorn Utzon
architectural features
should obey austere laws
that form follows function
that style follows substance
or fall to indictment
as criminal ornament
so said the modernist Bauhaus ideology
bleeding on doctrinal liberal arts
and business school mantras
structure in train to strategy
but I must confess it leaves suffering cold
my personal warmth for aesthetics
keep your unnatural boxes of steel and flat glass
give me organic character
show me corbels and canopies
contours and clefts
that will quicken my courses
like curves of a confident woman
From my books City of Pawns and Legacies (vol. 1)
I like, poetry can be imagined in many ways. I had to smile to myself when I read this. Many people don’t like the opera house here in Australia and many people do. To some it is an icon, But I liked what you wrote I had a chuckle to myself.
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as a youthful dreamer, I wanted to be an architect – your opera house represents for me the profession’s limitless possiilities
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Reblogged this on lalremrema and commented:
it touch my soul
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Reblogged this on Poesy plus Polemics.
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Show me both. I like to choose.
M
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ha ha – I like that
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Agree 100%. Well put Sir.
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cheers
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Oh wowza, “organic character”–I love the last stanza best.
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thanks dearly
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If it gives a glow then it’s green for go. 😉
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how poetic
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