Beaux Arts - by Bob Atkinson

Beaux Arts

(c)2014 Bob Atkinson

Fine Art

fine art permeates our lives

what we see's therein derived

some good, some bad, some forced

some sickly made in due course

definitions retrograde

or definitions purpose made

to put forward broad extremes

of subtle formations gleaned

culled from inadequate stock

of pompous airs trending upon

an overview of situations

brought on by purchase of station

for us to present a finite goal

in determination, what's overloaded

bombastic open ended remarks by some

who view the process, not what's loved

works this way in all we do

arts, science, construction, food

experts pontificate, nothing else to do

skills so meager in producing good

The Tempest of Poetry - by Bob Atkinson

The Tempest of Poetry

(c)2014 Bob Atkinson

Poetry

there blows in stiff wind

created by the word

an everlasting frozen

collection of nouns and verbs

like a whirlwind of change

these letters spell the thoughts

of minds evolved to think

and report facts back to boss

here, in an open world

where flies the dust of change

we find restitution

in words thus re-arranged

cannot give to the giver

much more than we have done

for in an underlying thought

he knows what we have spun

stories of our past

tales of our future deeds

garnishment of life

on all we can agree

freeze emotions for all time

let thoughts be translated then

into a world evolved from us

as simple mortal men

let them know all we were

let them like us some

let them know we tried our best

as we from danger run

let them see what we were

back when we were young

and how we gathered wisdom

when older we'd become

trade our sincerity

for that truth of which we knew

let them see our tears of pain

when success we couldn't view

hopefully they will exist

if we don't destroy their seed

for if we continue on this path

we'll be devolved by greed