Knots - Hoylake, UK
Posted by: dtrebilc
N 53° 23.403 W 003° 10.801
30U E 488027 N 5915676
In the context of this piece of sculpture a Knot are dumpy, short-legged wading birds.
Waymark Code: WM12AQJ
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/15/2020
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The sculpture stands on the pavement near a row of shops. It shows a number of the birds flying very close together.
It was sculpted by David Annand and is close to a much bigger, similar sculpture in the middle of road traffic island.
There is a plaque with a poem about the birds written by Elizabeth Daley.
Knots
Here, as they swirl, the birds descry
A loop, that links shore to sky
And in their flight across the sands,
Echo the ropes which roughened hands
Have hauled in years gone by.
But more than this, their outspread wings
Twisting in flight, place complex rings
Weave as they swoop, the greater hole
The knot that binds, whose timeless role
Links past with years to come.
POEM ELIZABETH DALEY
SCULPTURE DAVID A ANNAND