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Splattered on a canvas
Or, scrawled on a wall.
Art
Is just
A husk of form
Without the artless agony
Of daily life:
The strangled scream
And the carving knife.
Guernica Pablo Picasso 1937
Cathy, Keith and Tom. I've finally cracked this poetry malarky: the fewer the words the more the praise. Is that it?
Seriously thank you very much for noticing the verbal graffiti.
John.
Sometimes reading your poems is like looking at a Picasso or Rembrandt. Exquisite art for the ages. ?
John,
two very different portraits of life with the most appropriate words to compliment them.. Quite extraordinary.
Thank you
Keith
Love this John, pure excellence!
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Don Matthews
Sun 18th Aug 2019 04:59
John - you've got it. I fall asleep half-way if a poem's too long.
(So why have I seen you sometimes writing great long rhymes Matthews?.....?).....No comment.
Seriously, poetry is an art, and to me, it's skill lies in encapsulating an idea in as few words as possible. Which is why I like clever haiku.
You should write more short ones John. Challenge the thinking reader.