Friday 5 February 2010

ceci n'est pas une pipe

ceci n'est pas une pipe

this is not a milk jug
this is not the wind
this is not a valise
this is not a bird
this is not a horse
this is not a clock
this is not a smack in the face
of bourgeois understanding

this is not a poem

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gw2010

5 comments:

  1. This is hardly a reply G. Very clever.

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  2. Magritte's owl is a clock with no hands. His world is fascinating.

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  3. So many people have got themselves into a tizzy over what art is and what poetry is that it's almost easier to say something's not a poem because what can they say to that?

    Nice. Cute. I would have written that. Kudos for getting there first. I'm a lifelong fan of Magritte's work.

    You might like Mark Young's site. I'm not that crazy about all his poems but I've seen several Magritte paintings there for the first time.

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  4. Thank you Jim, I'll take a look at the Mark Young link.
    I went to a terrific 'Magritte & The Key to Dreams' exhibtion some years ago, and so my interest.

    'Every painting should have a poetic title.'(RM)

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  5. Jim,
    I enjoyed my visit to Mark Young's site. Thank you for alerting me to it. I shall enjoy exploring it.
    Best,
    Gwilym

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