Square Toed Poems | Examples

Edgar's Girls

The gathering place 
A room with square toed silk shoes moving in time and grace 
Soft shadowed faces, skirts in lace
Ribbons in their hair perfectly in place
 
A pallet of colors captured in France 
Were lovely young girls would perform and dance 
Some of his works were of shapely women in the nude 
To some just a spectator, it was found so rude
 
Merely his eyes shining in perfection 
A window through the soul 
of fluid angles and deflection
 
But whatever the subject 
he spied through a keyhole and captured 
What became a marvel of sequels 
and harmonious rapture 

Today his paintings are a sheer joy to the eye
And can be found in duplicated prints hard to deny   
We thank dear Edgar for vision and pastels 
And the long-lived tales your work shall tell.



Edgar Degas
The artist   (1834-1917)