Thursday, 1 September 2022

Roses are Red, Violets are Blue

A Brief History of Modern Art in Poetry by Brian Bilston


Impressionism

Roses sway in softened reds,
Violets swim in murky blues.
Sugar sparkles in the light,
Blurring into golden you.


Surrealism

Roses are melting.
Violets are too.
Ceci n'est pas le sucre.
Keith is a giant crab.


Social Realism

 Roses are dead.
Violence is rife.
Don't sugar coat 
This bitter life.


Abstract Expressionism

So you violets sweet.
Roses you are is
red are roses blue
Sugar?


Pop Art

Roses go BLAM!
Violets go POW!
Sugar is COOL!
You are so WOW!


Conceptual Art

Roses are red,
coated in blood.
A deer's severed head
drips from above.





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