Hardys Well and The Condemned Poem

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I am in Washington DC and I've just heard the distressing news that Hardys Well in Manchester is to be demolished along with the much loved  eponymous poem.

It is the first public art poem in what has become a movement in contemporary poetry in England.  Manchester was the first.The poem was erected in 1994.

To find the last movement of this kind  look to the concrete poets of 1950's and 60's and particularly Ian Hamilton Finlay of Scotland.  But Landmark poetry has never been as popular as it is today.

It does not have to be the end of this poem. Is there a  building on Oxford road or Wilmslow Road that could be adorned with a Landmark Poem before this one disappears? The building may be condemned but the poem is not!

If  you own a wall or building on  Oxford road or Wilmslow Road and would like it to  become a Landmark then  let me know and let's talk  via Nicky Wake at Don't Panic Projects -   nicky@dontpanicprojects.com

You can find most of my landmark poems by clicking here. Below is how it looks now. Thanks Steve Jones for the photograph

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