BOCCIONI
moving
masterpieces
ARP
genuine
gestures
MICHAUX
illustrated
impetuosity
TWINKU a double word distich with integral title
Wilhelm de Kooning in a state of flux
spontaneous gestures at the crux
Joan Miro with impulsive slashes&spots
broken lined perspective dots
Henri Michaux painting without a thought
arn active process randomly sought
Poeteer Henri Michaux
imagist influence once did grow
With extravaganza so verbal
&Tachists art so gestural
Belgian Henri Michaux
diluted ink for his watercolour show
Sans conception or second thought
for spontaneity he always sought
Limerick: Once a pretty Pole psychologist
for Ewa
Once a pretty Pole psychologist
Who preferred fast pedalling cyclist(s)
Kept a velo d’apparte*
And a Tour de France dart
Found trundling Bone-Shaker* merry twist.
• Velo d’apparte(ment) = exercise bike
• Bone-Shaker = first French bicycle, invented and manufactured by Michaux during the 1860s, whose framework was made of wrought iron and whose wooden wheels were bounded by iron tires.
© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2013
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