Short Garde Poems

rapier in hand
satisfaction demanded~
franks roast over fire...

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Two Woodpeckers dueled as she slyly seduced them.

John G. Lawless
©3/18/022...

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Tastes of the Big Band
Pop and jazz merged with Broadway
Avant-garde comes close


By Robb A. Kopp...

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exemplar
      and avatar
idiosyncretique
avant garde
eccentric-
minimal meditations
between still points...

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Gaius Valerus Catuleus
wrote poetry so illustrious
Subtle&so imaginistic
avant garde words in Latin so slick...

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           Short hair equal a boy
        avant-garde unconventional
 sensual, she became a political woman!...

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Artist Renato Guttuso
became an Italian politico
Social realism littered his art
but  avant garde captured his art...

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Apollo en garde,
my prose to re-verse

Where Swans freely sing
—the Raven in search

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)...

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From
summer
to autumn-
mood indigo
blue
a
crown prince
of colours-
in avant garde
hue.


Ekphrasis tribute to Julius Exter...

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Poetry so misunderstood
      proves to be avant-garde exciting
        postdoctoral, post authorship
          beyond any ideology...

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Viennese painter Hans Makart
delivered historic alegories at the start
Despised by contemporary avant garde
for aesthetics he found quite hard...

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It's hard to accept and seems strange
How quickly things do rearrange
What's not avant-garde
Is now trash to discard
As what was is subject to change...

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Advancing the soul,
metaphysical orc, promote
original thinking, 
experience all, I need sleep. 




https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgZCmCJJoCVwq2M3GH8VzLQ...

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The pulse of a guitar riff 
you just can’t wait to start,  
our song is a drumbeat,
loud and avant-garde;
the rhythm of heartbeats merging 
and shivers that never stop....

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Aleksandra Ekster of the Ukraine
a leader on the avant-garde train
With a sophisticated style*
she settled in Paris for  while

*https://www.wikiart.org/en/aleksandra-ekster...

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From
Summer
to Autumn-
mood indigo
blue
a Crown Prince
of colours-
in avant-garde
hue

Tribute to Julius Exter
http://www.herren-chiemsee.de/englisch/o_palace/exter.htm...

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spontaneous   
   vitality
phrased
 individuality
improvised. 
     interpretations
of
the
  moment
filled
      with energye
in
   intuitive
      avant-garde
orrnamentation...

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Thinking outside his cage
A war on tradition he waged,
Writing notes by chance,upon a page-
His disharmonies cannot be forecast
Many suppose his music will not last

John Cage= Avan-garde composer...

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my
 abstractions
rainbow
 my perspective
with
left - field
&
 avant-garde
unpredictable
&  unknowable
 always  provocative
     instinctive
 & interpretative
  is this
 enigmatic
inspiration...

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Listen to poem:

meltwater
exhaled breath
warm remnant of kiss
inescapable consequences
ramifications off-ramp.

despite en garde, parry loop,
deflect dodge defy deny and cry;
relent now, 
imbibe and savor the afterglow....

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re-post inspired by Janis contest

From
Summer
to Autumn-
mood indigo
blue
a Crown Prince
of colours-
in avant-garde
hue

Tribute to Julius Exter
http://www.herren-chiemsee.de/englisch/o_palace/exter.htm...

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Whims flash into his mind
Wading of artist eyes
White of a blank canvas
Whatnots need to be birthed
Waving avant-garde brush
Winter spreads like icing
Wide bunny ears coax snow

5/9/2021
Pleiades W
Sponsor: Kim Merryman
HMS used...

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the lifestyle
avant-garde
unconventional
in every way
artist at heart
eccentric
original
his look unique
unlike another
a trendsetter
with
swaggering
flair



AP:  3rd place 2020

Posted on June 14, 2019...

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the contemporary
             interpreted
deconstructed
                 at 
                    first glance
atop
   simplicity
        within&
 immersive

uprooted
  changed drastically

avant garde
   with 
     a personal edge...

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Fearless Avant Garde fashion witch concocts love potion number twenty-three
A glorious new elixir that truly makes new sense of “blessed be”.
There are many who watch her create this mysterious recipe.
Dancing with the ambiance of this sleek classy newcomer witch named Fee....

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