Artworks Poems - Poems about Artworks

In One City

...I know a funeral when I walk into one
I can tell between a funeral and a burial
They are two entirely different artworks
One is done on grand canvas, with drunken strokes
Of sashaying brush and b...

Self-discovery

...Self-discovery
I have been robbed of the joy well deserved,
The golden confidence beneath,
The inner peace.
I have been robbed of a voice, treasured
Caged, and echoing behind my rib cage.

Wha...

Thinking About Abbey Road Album Cover

...The Fab Four crossing Abbey Road in single file, led by John in white suit
and shoes, followed by Ringo in black suit and shoes, bare footed Paul
in gray suit and George in denim and white shoes, a...

Morons

...At the auction house, I wandered
Through the rooms where, on display,
Were the artworks to be sold to those
Who can afford to pay.

One that made me laugh by Banksy,
Whose identity’s unknown,
...

Elegy for a Kitchen Table

...

The kitchen table 
was the centerpoint of childhood,
a place of gathering, 
an easel for artworks, battleground
for homework and Eden 
for the creation of lifeforms
moulded from plasticine....

The Devil's House

...The Devil's House

The house has lived for centuries, 
on grim and dismal ground. 
And when you've reached inside, 
the dust and demons come around. 

The lock is still unbroken
though has tr...

Nature Artworks

...

                       Nature artworks
                        Is everywhere
              You just need to look around
                      And appreciate it....

Timeless Vows

...Solemn vows are like embroidered stars at night.
They tantalize like diamonds;
They shine forever and bright.
Soon enough, your name will be inked to my heart.
Every day I will immortalize you,
...

Henri Matisse's Studio

...Henri Matisse's Studio

Scattered about like fish in a pond
are paintings and objects in a secluded room
in a sea of red shouting out loud;
Connoisseurs please enter, others not welcomed
...

We, the generation of '50

...We, the generation of '50,
Time-travelers with stardust in our hair, with memories planted in pockets,
Rooted in decades embraced by change, souls adorned with the dawn of the post-war world.
We s...

The Ballad of Tux

...It was just this morning.  That it was. 
At the table there sat only three.
There was Tux, the foam Linux penguin.
The others were my oatmeal and me.  

I never do tire of oatmeal.
But the peng...

Culture Clash

...I was a college music teacher, engaged in pitch, tempo, rhythm and melody,
As lavish planets dance around a golden star, with the zeal of fuchsia fidelity.

I taught harmony, vocals and si...

My October's Blessings

...Happy Birthday to Lauryn 

My October's blessings
By Michelle Morris 
30/10/2023

You are October's blessings
You are the brightest and the best
You're the spring blossoms in South Africa
Yo...

The 'still' of the Night

...I was for long an active art enthusiast, with a special passion for still lifes,
As the roving, scarlet sun, develops late passion for the bustling nightlife.

I was ofttimes in large art museums,...

Very Pur-Plexing

...I was an enthusiastic painter, striving to apply more verve and color,
Like sunshine dreams, of blue-gray days, that couldn't be any duller.

Painting had for long been my passion, but had turned ...

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