This poem is based upon 'Landscape with the Fall of Icarus' by Pieter Bruegel
Also inspired by Musée des Beaux Arts by W. H. Auden~
No farmer or merchant felt the sound
That Icarus made when he had drowned
Icarus splashed and kicked and flailed!
Dying, crying to those who sailed
“Help me, help me! Direct your course!”
But those merchants felt no remorse
Icarus gave a final wish
To a man attempting to bait fish
Dozy, the fisher went to sleep
Then Icarus died, and no one weeped
And a farmer who had heard his needs
Felt far too busy planting seeds
Since that painting it’s been years long
Yet I find Bruegel was never wrong
No one ever feels the pain
Another Icarus has attained
So where is Icarus now?
We are an Icarus when out with blues
We read of Icarus in sickening news
We see an Icarus in city streets
Begging, craving for food to eat
And though we all are sick of this,
The world won’t stop for Icarus
Begium's Pieter Claesz
achieved popularity with great ease
With the genre dinner piece
his prolific brush did not cease
The elder Pieter Brueghel
with art tales to tell
Smell wa one of his temrs
with flowers red yelow& green
Its said of Pieter Lastman
the famous Rembrandt ,a pupil &a big fan
Purity of painting,full of gesture*
made his influence for sure
*https://www.wikiart.org/en/pieter-lastman
Two sons had 'Peasant' Bruegel
Pieter 'the elder' nicknamed hell
another known as 'younger' with 'h' in his name
second son Jan ,also with his art,found fame
Wedding Kermesse
Common folk with few wants
(Toilers reaping earth’s bounty)
Enjoy life’s pleasantries
By escaping the harsh realities
Of day-to-day existence,
Expressed in a kermesse dance
To the tune of simple instruments.
With joy in their hearts
And freedom unfettered,
They fling each other
Around in circles,
Indulging in feasting,
Drinking, and singing
In the celebratory ritual
Of carefree merriment
(Partakers as witnesses)
Toasting the wedding couple.
With the ground as their stage
And exposed to the elements,
The day wears thin,
But not their jubilance.
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Note:
“Wedding Kermesse” is an ekphrastic poem based on the painting "Peasant Wedding Dance" (1607) by Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564–1638).
The “Kermesse” was any special village or town celebration originating in Europe during the late medieval period (1250–1500 AD) and was introduced to America by Dutch and Flemish immigrants.
a seaman called Pieter the Pirate
talks bla bla bla didn't reacquire it
Dutch corsair, stole gold from Spain
Origin birth Netherlands
Resistance on ship invokes a riot
4/8/19
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