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I have often been struck by the wit, wisdom (and irony) of grafitti and
other forms of street poetry, within which I would include some advertising.

Examples that I like include the following:

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A child plays on the beach
Nuclear power station near Montelimar France

SaSausage packaging on a French street market
transl. 'The breasts of my cousin'

Joyeuse 2006

Rural French farm building South of Rheims 2006

France 2006


I love your wife!

Brussels 2006

'''THERE ARE THINGS KNOWN
AND THINGS UNKNOWN
IN BETWEEN ARE DOORS'
Brussels 2006

Graffitti Brussels

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'Cave painting' Graffitti: Brussels

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Electricity Meter Port D'Anvers Brussels

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Sheffield: Welcome to my garden

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WetWest London supermarket

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Notting Hill Gate 2005

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Brussels 2005 Street Market

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France: Ardeche village fete

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Largorce, France: drainpipe

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Largorce, France: drainpipe

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London: subway stencil

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Brussels: Street market stall-holder

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London mid 60's

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Brussels: vehicle intimacy in the red light district

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Genocide Chic see g.o.r.i.l.l.a.blog for more

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Las Vegas 1960: cultural confusion

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Bristol 2004

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London: Spring 2004 World cup fever

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South Carolina 1960

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New York City 1960

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Brussels: building site near the European Commission

the inscription reads - L'INCENDIE DES DIX ORTEILS - THE BURNING OF TEN TOES

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Brussels: Trade Union Demonstration

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Castellari Italy: Gnomes keep an eye on the Virgin Mary

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Brussels: fly-posted anti-EU stickers

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Brussels: Le Chien Vert Fabric shop

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Brussels: Transl. 'Dictatorship means shut your mouth - Democracy means talk as much as you like'

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Brussels: Explosive water

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Brussels: musical hostilities

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Brussels: fly poster

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Lille-Europe train station

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Brussels: cement delivery

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Castellari Italy: car park graffiti
'la scheda elettorale e' la patente dell' imbecille - the electoral system is the invention of an imbecile'

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Brussels: more musical hostility

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Castellari Italy: utilities box

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cigarette ad

Cigarette ad, Paderborn, Germany 1995
'you can achieve anything you want, you only have to dare to dream'

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bridge graffitti
bridge graffitti
bridge graffitti

West London: Ealing railway bridge

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SLOWLY RECOGNISING A LARGE DOG IN THE CAR AHEAD

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ALMOST FULL MOON A LUXURIOUS VOICE ON THE ANSWERING MACHINE

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BACK FROM THE MOUNTAINS A YELLOW HANDRAIL GUIDES ME DOWN THE SUBWAY STAIRS

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HOT DAY UNDER LIGHT WHITE SLACKS JUST HER

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THE DRIVER PALMS HIS CIGARETTE OPENS THE HEARSE DOOR

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CAR PILED WITH LUGGAGE STRAYING INTO THE FUNERAL PROCESSION

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SUN SHINES RED THROUGH MY FATHER'S THUMB ON THE STEERING WHEEL

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ON THE TWELFTH FLOOR A LIFES WORK HOLD OPEN THE BOOK REVIEWER'S DOOR

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INTO THE BLINDING SUN THE FUNERAL PROCESSION'S GLARING HEADLIGHTS

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derelict cinema signs, 42nd Street, New York NOVEMBER 1995. If you know who did these signs, please let me know, I'd like to acknowledge them here.

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Graffitti on West London Bridge

If you see any streetpoetry that you like e-mail it to me and I'll try to include it here.
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