Let me tell you what I know
about Piet Mondrian and Mark Rothko,
two painters so rectangular and square,
you'd swear there is no life there,
till you look with a little more precision,
a little bit more care.
MONDRIAAN
black lines
defined
Colourful Piet Mondrian
clean clinical lines the panne
Outlined rectangles &squares
displaying bold colours with much flair
Dutchman Piet Mondrian
an austere&reclusive man
He had no commercial success
using horizontals&verticals to excess
Poem by: Piet Mashele
2sides
Titled : getting the get
This is the same mindset that has to be on! for a couple of days,
If you in your head its a hustle and it hurts you to wake up with a smile then Sir pony boy the bank will settle your print outs with exactly! what you give out!
Sigh of relief is to get fired up and down
So that when they clear their throats! they know ,you were only getting the get across.
Piet's
early
abstraction-
did it leave him
blue ?
Piet Mondrian's Evolution c 1910/11
Poem by: Piet Mashele
2sides
Title: she said....
She directly said, protect me
Like how wetly you get for your Bentley
Hold me so gently
For when you accept me
It will exactly be about
How you met me...
And she said let me
Let the blessed me
Empty the belly of your worries
So do not be in a hurry
To sing to how sexy I'm
Especially when you
Expect me not to be attached
To this strange feeling
That fairly kept me
On my toes
For this heart knows how to bulldoze
These shadows that are there to slow down
My heart beat
My blood knows its own flows
It allows me to grow to another direction
With total perfection
She sat and said...
Let me grow inside of you
So that when u breath for both us
You will know that I said let m be yours
So she said...
Poem by :Piet Mphahlele Mashele
2sides
Titled: Touchdown
Touch down, keep in touch
Calm down to this feeling
Call down all that you are....
For when your life its on
Count down
You can know what to write down...
Touch down on the spot
This thought has bought me
Under this jackpot feeling
Am kneeling on my kneez
Stealing this last squeezed broadcast
Weather forecast
To put all these thoughts at ease
Because those who are harassed by it
Are glassed very fast under wonder
Touchdown
Down town
Crowns are given
To those who slay better
And it boils down to how clowns
Can turn coldness nights
Into.....touch down snapshot we appeal to....
Its touchdown before sundown
Make your mark..
Piet Mondrian-
symmetrical colour in parallel lines
Virgin snow,
like idle perfection,
exists too short a time
for eternity to reckon.
So instead of standing still
take a step in any direction.
A left, then a right,
and a left yet again.
The prints in the snow
will tell exactly where you've been.
There's more to thee
than meets the eye
I shall warrant.
Much more akin to a canvas
lying dormant.
As eternity is reckoned:
who has time for idleness?
To let waste such un-noted potential?
A wise man once said,
"There's a lifetime in a second
and each precious second is essential!"
NOTE: I was inspired by the Danish poet, Piet Hein, inventor of the Grook form of poetry. The particular poem goes like this...
As eternity
is reckoned
there's a lifetime
in a second.
Do a Google search and check him out. You WON'T be disappointed.
Hook of Holland arrive by the ferry
Meeting our good friends Ans and Jerry
The pancake house is where we love to eat
Being our with our Dutch friends – what a treat
Zwarte Piet will be visiting soon
Children crowded into the living room
Waiting for the black hand around the door
Sweets are freely scattered on to the floor
Visiting the haunting Anne Frank museum
Makes me think of the phrase carpe diem
Walking along the stunning cobbled street
Our trip to Amsterdam is now complete
I would love to return again one day
Meet Elly Wouterse on lands far away
Submitted to Elly Wouterse’s Contest
My Ode To The Netherlands
~ Awarded 2nd place ~
15th April 2014
The poem is written from very vivid childhood memories- its been a trip down memory lane - it is also my first attempt at a sonnet
Piet Hein poetic artesian
cue censorship Nazi flip
Grook’s humble kumbel swordsman
Games toys superegg quip
Piet's
early
abstraction-
did it leave him
blue ?
Piet Mondrian's Evolution c 1910/11
http://www.abcgallery.com/M/mondrian/mondrian24.html
Pure
simple
minimal-
pleasing to the
eye
Piet Mondrian's Composition no 6
Tribute to him and the de Stijl movement in art
http://www.abcgallery.com/M/mondrian/mondrian37.html
Harmony & order was his theme
Clinical lines were his scene;
Arranged in boxes and squares
He took great care-
Displaying bold colours with much flair
Composition Red,Black,Blue & Yellow Piet Mondrian (1872-1944)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Mondrian
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