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Title
Flock
Date
2023
Medium
steel
Accession number
IP22_TJ_S019
Acquisition method
commissioned for the Norfolk Way Art Trail, funded by the European Union
Work type
Sculpture
Custodian
Norfolk County Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
May 2023
Access
at all times
Inscription description
plaque 1: The mere is the heart of the town / A wide well of water scooped out of the ice age. / An eon deep pool cupping the centuries, / A harbour, a haven, a home; plaque 2: Look! / A murmuration above the mere, / the comings and goings of generations, / people from every walk of life, / A gathering that like a flock of birds feeds, rests and flies.; plaque 3: the birds fly from roof and church tower, / A community of sounds echo in the air / carry across the mere / A mingling of languages, a marriage of thoughts / a wash of ideas. / Of all the people coming here.; plaque 4: Diss embraces the mere / remembering in the voiceless dreaming / Swimming galas, skaters etching its frozen surface. / The cricket match, one unforgiving season. / played on ice.; plaque 5: Tom Paine stood at the water’s edge / a head full of revolution, / John Betjeman strolled by with a hand full of words / Kings, murderers, the innocent / Whispered their secrets on shrouded nights.; plaque 6: The lights on the water create / a carnival of welcome, / Greet new neighbours, / Brought in on the tide, / Man, woman and child.