Short Exhibitions Poems

Form
is
content,
there is no
representation-
the gallery is the picture

Ekphrasis on the art of Ellesworth Kelly

http://www.tate.org.uk/stives/exhibitions/ellsworthkelly/...

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Paul Signac *a founder of the S A I
exhibitions free for all to try
His pointillist art juxtaposed with dots
so the eye can colours spot

*https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/71002131604017256/...

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kick boxing in flight - lessed yellow-legs bicker

Inspired by Georges Decamps-Shell Life comp

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/wpy/photo.do?
photo=2282&category=2&group=1...

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A
fixed stare-
the sentry's
eyes wide open,
glare

Owl Glare Regis  Corignaux-Shell Life comp

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/wpy/photo.do?
photo=2311&category=7&group=1...

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Success
    can be so fleeting
      how to have the name written
    with smoke in the air,
      written in water,
     or be on the signs
      in exhibitions !
     It is not perennial,
          ends... !...

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Mouths
wide 
open-
feast of the
five thousand fish


Ekphrasis on Shell Wild life photo by Bella Nasfay

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/wpy/photo.do?
photo=2294&category=4&group=1...

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A man with a pen
Puts a pen to a paper
Moves a pen to create words
Silly words, arranged in operatic exhibitions
Facsimile egos, stitched together
From whispers of impossibility, or,
better yet,
Crushing normality....

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hunger burrows deep - coyotes cry together

Inspired by Cathy Illg's Photo in the Shell Wildlife Photo Comp 2007

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/wpy/photo.do?
photo=2289&category=3&group=1...

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a penguins fate is sealed - the leopard did not change its spot


Inspired by Paul Nicklen's Shell Wildlife photo

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/wpy/photo.do?
photo=2304&category=6&group=1...

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elephantine small talk - vibrations of  the sole


inspired by Shell Wildlife Photo Comp Great Foot by Kur tJay Bertels

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/wpy/photo.do?
photo=2336&category=50&group=1 Bertels...

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Children once thrilled to brilliant musicians
    Hayden and Mozart, Shubert and Shuman

  My generation grew up on playboys and madmen
    Hugh Hefner and Alfred E. Newman

  The musicians gave brilliant exhibitions
    My generation shed its inhibitions...

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The
jigsaw
puzzle of
a climate change-
now
has
victims
trapped on
global warming
ice


Ekphrasis of Norbet Rosing's photo Shell Wild life photo

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/wpy/photo.do?
photo=2274&category=48&group=1...

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A
music
visual-
of his love of
jazz

Inspired by John Eaves painting Celebration

http://www.victoriagal.org.uk/exhibitions/past_exhibitions/exhibitions_2009/in_colour_john_ea
ves/works_for_sale.aspx

http://williamscott.org/colour-john-eaves-retrospective-featuring-paintings-william-scott...

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seat under sky’s dome
to view sea’s exhibitions˜
strollers’ comfort zone

seawall’s curved pathway
lovers hold hands, hugs and kiss ˜
their romantic lane

calm water and sky
waves smooch shores and coastal lines˜
waders’ sounds applause

while walking at shore
pleasant coastal breeze will cool˜
therapy for all

stroll at baywalk nights or days
 leisure comes in many ways

May 3, 2023     10.11pm ...

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Everyone takes pictures
But it’s still a joy to see
Museum exhibitions of
Some fine photography.

Not everybody has the eye
To capture in a print
A moment crystallized in time
Which gives us just a hint

Of someone’s life or else a glimpse
Of scenery or street;
A true photographer can show
Where art and truth might meet.

The camera is the means by which
An image stays alive.
I’m privileged to have access to
Some great ones that survive....

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Flayed inside his shadow box.

A permanent collection.

Years lost under glass.

History anchors hate and trinket.

He crafted this cabinet.

Polished the locks.

The tours are all guided.

And he leads every step.

To the left: heart on shelf.

To the right: fist just in case.

His exhibitions never open.

His artefacts are never viewed.

A relic in love’s wreckage.

Sorry, forever sorry.

Read the sign: Stand behind the line.

Don’t touch the display....

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