A Bristol sculpture important to the local community has been found with a Council bin blocking it. The sculpture commemorating a poem by the late famous poet, John Yeats, written when he was dying from tuberculosis, 'smells of dog poo' as a result of a bin placed directly in front of the artwork.
The artwork, two hands intertwined with Keats' poem, 'This Living Hand' written on it, was designed in collaboration with local children. Found in Auden Mead, the green space in Horfield, a local poet is trying to get people to lobby the council to change the location of the unfortunate bin placement.
Used frequently to deposit waste and dog poo, an attempt to read the poem printed on the artwork leaves you with a "nose full of dog poo aroma", according to local poet and poetry facilitator, Deborah Harvey. When plotting a route for a poetry walk for the community in Horfield, Deborah came across the unfortunate sculpture.
