Blocks
Of buildings
In blocks of buildings
Of blocks
People walking around the blocks
Walking around the blocks
Looking up at the buildings
Apartment buildings, office buildings,
Courthouses, gothic churches
Skyscrapers
Skyscrapers with observation decks
Skylines
A man looking out of the window of an apartment building
A woman on the phone sitting in an office
People climbing the steps of the courthouse
A priest opening the door of the church
The arches above the door,
Those gargoyles on the lintels,
These columns rising around you,
That flying buttress
Parapets, cornices, arpetures, porticos,
Cornerstones, cubicles, stairwells, closets,
Entrance halls, waiting rooms, open air plazas,
Collonaded esplanades, courtyards
Atriums
Atriums with potted plants
Atriums with potted plants and fountains
Atriums with potted plants, fountains and skylights
Atriums with potted plants, fountains, skylights and escalators
Escalators,
Elevators
Buildings we look up to,
Buildings we look down from,
The office window that overlooks the park,
The revolving door in the lobby,
The nook behind the coffeemaker,
The empty stage in the concert hall
Illuminated spaces,
Elevated spaces,
The spires of the skyscrapers gleaming in the sun
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Author Notes
This poem is really more in the style of poems from Patterns like Pieces and Waiting, a poem built around a single word, that then goes off on many associated tangents, taking us to all kinds of things that have to do with buildings. Buildings can be intimidating, they can be inspiring, they can contain moments of significance in our lives. They can be empty spaces, or they can be frame experiences. They can seem cold and hard, or inviting and comfortable. In the end, they can serve as a metaphor for all kinds of experiences we feel each and every day as we walk around them, and indeed, live in them. estory
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