This is absolutely wonderful! Exactly what I imagined when I set the task of doing the 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 poem - and more! I love how you have reversed the form, to reflect Birmingham's growing reputation in the ode, mirrored by a worker's declining health in the malediction. The use of colour really works to charge the imagery of your words - 'oyster shell lustre', 'diamond' and 'pearl' on a bright white surface, while 'noxious fumes' and 'windowless rooms' are drowned by a dark blackdrop. Two fantastic pieces, which show the two sides of one of Birmingham's most outwardly-glamorous, but truly bleak, industries.
If anyone would like to share their pieces on the blog, do email them to me at nellie.cole@sky.com.
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