Wednesday, 21 April 2021

Art

Written for Paul Brookes' ekphrastic challenge - one poem a day in April 2021. 

 
The art works for this day are "The Miner" by John Law, and "Into the Mirror (Remembering Marisol)" by Kerfe Roig




 
Art
 
He didn't consider his work to be art
as he sculpted rock with hydraulic skill.
Modern art left him cold, and he wasn't
a fan of Rembrandt either. 
His tunnels, like temples and catacombs,
remain; the walls scarred by centuries
of marks chiselled, hacked and drilled

that may, in some distant future time,
be discovered and pored over 
by the archaeologists of the day.
Who will analyse these historic sites
and discuss the meaning of the words
Dave is a wanker

carved in the wooden column. 

Tim Fellows 2021


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