Winter at Pier 70
It’s cold out Sunday morning
Spicy bloody Marys are in order
On the waterfront
a two-story space beckons
with its specialties of oysters,
beer, cocktails
and spicy bloody Marys
Urban delights ease in
alongside natural wonders
Rusted cranes and Potrero Hill
cast shadows over Dogpatch
Ghosts of Irish Hill linger
Battered docks open to the elements
sit coolly along the San Francisco Bay
… and a bit about Irish Hill: A Neighborhood No More Serpentine Hills
On serpentine rock
stood Irish Hill
Cleared
flattened
dumped into the Bay
Irish Hill, 1890s (Credit: San Francisco Maritime Museum Library) Aerial map of Pier 70 —approximate original contour of Potrero Point shown in red. For more on the Irish Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, visit http://pier70sf.org/history/irish_hill/irishHill.html and for more on the geography of Pier 70, visit http://pier70sf.org/geography/PotreroPoint.htm
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Kay Rodriques, Northern California (U.S.A.)
Kay Rodriques is a multimedia artist and naturalist. She experiments with various materials -- organic and recyclable -- to create texture in her works. She also experiments with light modeling clay and paste to add dimension to her paintings and collages.
Kay is concerned with absences and presences in history, art and nature. Her work is often whimsical, abstract and figurative.
As a naturalist, Kay is constantly engaged with nature. A great deal of her work is derived from her joy of living in the Bay Area, and also from her love of her native Jamaica.
All works by the artist, © Kay Rodriques 2012. All rights reserved.
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Art & Science , California , my poetry , Travel , Water
beer , bloody mary , California , cocktails , Crane Cove , docks , Dogpatch , ghosts , inspiration , Irish Hill , landfill , nature , outdoors , oysters , Photography , Pier 70 , poems , Potrero Hill , San Francisco , Serpentine , serpentine hills , serpentine rock , spicy bloody mary , travel , urban , urban delights
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