Setting our Lost Cats free
Would it be wonderful to see them
In Pavilion Gardens catching fish?
Would it be wonderful
For them to be free?
Now pictures of our wonderful creatures are appearing in The Wild Escape Creature Gallery. Inspired by the Wild Escape initiative, right from the start, Lost Cats set out to encourage people to look at museum collections and use that inspiration to go exploring and get to know their local landscapes better.
Follow this link to visit the Wild World
Pictures are coded by 3 word locations.
Some of ours can be found at these locations
· wet violet roll
· dark rain gallop
· dull candles say
· heavy olives care
· violet tools knock
· tall houses yell
· twenty animals open
The animals shown bear no connection to the words that map their places! There are more to follow so this list will get longer
We’re going to close these #LostCats posts with two more poems from Burbage Primary School. These poems grew out of words and phrases collected and comments said during workshops at the school
They come
From dark, gloomy caves,
And the shadows under the trees.
Dangerous,
Strong,
Intimidating apex predators,
But
Sort of cute,
And
Sort of cuddly.
From a distance.
Would it be wonderful to see them
In Pavilion Gardens catching fish?
Would it be wonderful
For them to be free?
MICE
Running, running,
Whiskers twitching,
Scampering,
Scuttling,
Following noses
Tracking scents.
Acorn, apple,
Chewy Chestnut and
Wild wheat,
The dark-juice of berries
And precious plums.
There is no escape
The mice are coming.
With many thanks to all our artists, makers, maskers, mice and monsters (you can decide who you are) and especial thanks to Babbling Vagabonds, 2 Left Hands (samba - find them on facebook), Buxton Museum and Art Gallery, Buxton Our Street, Buxton Civic Association, Buxton Crescent Heritage Trust and the Wild Escape for setting us all a’growling in the first place!
Schools involved
Earl Sterndale C of E Primary School
Buxton Junior School
Burbage Primary School
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