When is a painting a poem and vica versa? with updates A+B - Brian Strand's Blog

Poetry and art have often been interposed,springing from a common source of inspiration in those of an imaginative inclination like most of us here on PS.When the two forms are combined (as for example by the traditional Japanese haiga,the haiku in picture form*see update A below) which predominates ,where do we draw the line? (no pun intended)

Here is a link to to Paul Klee's famous 'ONCE EMERGED FROM THE GRAY OF NIGHT

http://www.paulklee.net/once-emerged-from-the-gray-of-night.jsp

Is it a painting or is it a poem ..what do you think?

In more recent times Word Poems have become popular, in the form of shape and concrete poetry,but again are they poetry or art? Here is a link, what do you think (rhyme pun intended)

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=The+Word+Poem&FORM=RESTAB

Of course there is nothing new under the sun, 

an emblem poem,with a crude picture of an everyday scene,under which is a motto- followed by the poem,which is to teach,rather like a parable was very popular five hundred years ago and the best known example was George Herbert's The Churche-Floore ( see my emblem poem tribute thereto earlier this year)

And Hamish Fulton ,the walking artist had a further take on this combination with his 'Seven Days' after whom I labelled my 'fulton' form a unique shape form as a tribute to that artist . A square visual poem in letter 3x3 ,4x4,5x5,6x6 etc of which I have posted many examples in my anthology here.

So when is a painting a poem and when is a poem a painting ?

footsteps in the street - echos of a distant youth