Notes About The Poem
From the World Post: “Die Badende” or “The Bather,” is a giant, styrofoam-and-steel sculpture showing a woman’s head and knees if she were soaking in a bathtub.Created by artist Oliver Voss, the 13-foot-high, 98-foot-long sculpture will be on display in Hamburg’s Binnenalster Lake for the next 10 days. (Aug. 3, 2011)
Die Badende
One August day, to Hamburg’s great surprise,
I showed up in their Inner Alster Lake.
I peered at passersby with big blue eyes;
two knees poking up caused a double-take!
Nearby the promenade they’d had me placed -
at least two tons of gorgeous womanhood!
Alas! It was not many days I graced
the area although I wish I could
have stayed, for I enjoyed it when they came
in boats right to my face to see this “nude!”
I loved to pose for pictures and felt no shame.
Some said I was an eyesore though. How rude!
I was removed, and then they all could see
a pretty face was all there was to me!
Sept. 1, 2017 for the Artwork Contest of Lewis Raynes
(other than the sculpture’s knees and face, there is no other part of this floating statue to be seen)
Please see notes and pictures in “About Poem” above
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