Short Deco Poems

By
design-
to fulfill
a purpose each
day....

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Umberto Eco
was the one who invented Art Deco
wrote quite a few books
but was not universally admired for his looks....

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Listen to poem:

chonky choo choo pouf
chunky is cool, funky.
sorta art deco, style
puffy, fluffy and comfy,
ardent, like fluffy slippers!...

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The 
style
giant
who bestrode-
florid art nouveau
and a linear art deco

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Lalique...

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Al
fresco
art deco-
paintings in the
air

Oberammergau house decor
http://www.photographersdirect.com/stockimages/l/luftmalerei.asp...

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art deco flapper
stared from the corner of the room
I knew she was only a portrait
but jazzily painted
who is she?
my Great grandma Millicent
I needed more...

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Wonder of the modern world
To the nation was unfurled-
Art Deco on a grand scale
Strung across this dangerous strait
The truly inpressive,Golden Gate

Tribute to Joseph Strauss...

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Art deco dictates a strong womanly arrogance 
Her orange hair accented her headdress true
I saw her in a vision dream, of course only once
She parades herself in a painting, looking haughty and new....

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Pristine and neat
Elaborate straight staid lines
Fussy in a controlled 1940’s way
Flashing her art deco individuality
Delighted to be drawn at this time
By the artist who feels gleefully satisfied with his work....

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In autumn, leaves show their true colors; personalities from God’s palette.

Yellow, gold, red, browns and Vandyke orange; pigments bold.

I press them in a book for deco-paging; natures art!
...

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Art deco inspired 
Channeling the forties
Clean crisp modernistic lines
Define an era of fashion and style

Art deco inspired
Research giving me plethora of new ideas
I steadily draw
Awaiting my muse’s further instructions....

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Vogue magazine cover is exquisite -woman drawn in a gorgeous way
Art deco magnificence, but who was the artist in 1942? 
It is sad tha eighty years later none of us know.
It could have been a relative, but that knowledge is lost....

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Bold
designs-
art deco
angles shaped the
world
wrap
around
surfaces,
symetrical
lines

eg Clarice Cliff per link below



http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/clarice-cliff-SLICED-CIRCLE-TOLPHIN-JUG-&-BOWL-
C.1930_W0QQitemZ250450167732QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20090623?
IMSfp=TL090623158004r25348...

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Art Deco with her thin women
Pointed noses
Uppity attitudes
Elegant manner of dress

Art Deco with her square jaws
Curly ques made just so
Her flapper fringes
rivaling her outrageous hemlines

Art Deco with her ultra-modern ways
so shocking in the forties
when we listened to our shows on the radio
without seeing visuals...

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Sassy and sultry from the twenties
Not these twenties, those twenties.
She shows an arrogance unseen for a century.
I am in love with her pearled quail feathered headdress.
Vibrant and alive, she wows me in the best of ways.
Her art deco owl oversees her unique awesomeness.
I feel pride as her artist. She is the ultimate in sass!...

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I remember art deco things,
  I remember peaches and wine

I remember sirens in the night,
  I remember waving goodbye

I remember the boardwalk on a cloudy day,
  I remember an elephant in pink

I remember the fire engine returning
  I remember my father—I think

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017) 
     ‘Memories of the Korean War’...

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frog came in hot off a mountain top
buzzing the clouds; would he ever stop?
so colorful! we exclaimed as he got near.
He was full of vim, vigor, sass, truly no fear.

He matched his plane – red, white and blue
With accents of gold, turquoise, green too.
We had never seen such a frog or plane before.
was he the real deal or straight out of someone’s lore?...

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I remember art deco things,
  I remember peaches and wine

I remember sirens in the night,
  I remember waving goodbye

I remember the boardwalk on a cloudy day,
  I remember an elephant in pink

I remember the fire engine returning
  I remember my father—I think

     (Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017) 
‘Memories of Margate during the Korean War’...

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Coloring clouds with sparkling sapphire 
filling them in with a clear blue sky;
Seamless strokes paint a glittery glow,
a happy thought’s an art deco gem;

Catching the light as if bathed in fire 
nature’s potent muse pleases the eye; 
Throwing a smile on every shadow
they brighten with fresh optimism;

A cyclone that leaves an all time low
gives way to an avant-garde prism....

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She sits in a provocative way, knowing it.
Shiny red fedora perched down over her eyes.
An open dress shows many gorgeous assets.
Headlights glaring, soft legs casually crossed.

Looking like a doll from Mattel, not Art Deco.
I wonder if she is getting ready to dance or sing?
Could be both, she is multi-talented, capable of surprises.
I watch my cousin proudly, ready to give loud applause....

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. for public domain

Set fire to our mothers' graves,
frenetic genetics is all the rave,
give "Yesterday" a parting wave,
reeling feelings now enslaved.

Exchange a useless past for "Now",
the Broken Tablets, the Golden Cow.
Feel the breeze, the chill, the bone,
bow to Nothing, burn the throne.

Low chants that leave no hollow echo,
betoken the trim of New Age deco.
Holding flames against the rain,
condemned to repeat, we start again....

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What brush stroke best expresses your life?
What art form best reflects you?
What style of painting shows all that you are, 
The honest and deep and the true?
	
Are you a whim with an Impressionist on show, 
Or are you a Baroque sort of real,
Or are you the fun of a Contemporary paint, 
Or is Abstract the way that you feel?

From Art Deco to Nouveau to Goth, 
To the Pop Art of Andy Warhol,
I wonder what art best describes who you are, 
Your thoughts, your mind and your soul…...

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Let’s make art deco Halloween costumes this year, she said.
What are they? I asked. I do not like spending a lot of extra time.
Do a little research, she suggested. You’ll figure it out.
The easiest costume I saw was probably for a flapper.

I put fringe around the bottom of a short straight nightie.
Fashioned a headdress out of a piece of dog leash braid.
I felt like Julie Andrews in the movie Thoroughly Modern Millie
Except she probably had not worn Sketchers, but what the heck....

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