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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, arrogance, critical, critique, meaningless, poetry, pretentious, UK poet, Yorkshire poet
They lust and slaver,
Oohed and aahed,
prestigious piece,
held with regard.
Stepping back,
to take it in,
I’m at a loss,
where to begin.
What it means –
can but surmise,
the Emperor’s clothes,
to a child’s eyes.
But still they come,
to worship it,
priceless pap,
elitist crit.
Decadent daubs,
and senseless scribble,
visual vomit,
verbal drivel.
Pretentious, pointless,
beholding eye,
meaningless,
to all but thy.
© Elephant in the Room 26.01.2012
by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm
Child painting (Photo credit: magnusfranklin)
Worldly Winds 
heh-heh … and sometimes one does stand back and wonder … heh-heh ~ nice write Alex 🙂
Thank you Polly – One certainly does! 🙂
Forgive me if I am wrong, is it the blankness felt by one amidst the fullness you are referring to?
Hello 🙂
It is just a personal observation about perception and perspective 😀
OK, thanks for telling 🙂
No worries 🙂
The full story – I happened to be working at a gallery. A rough pencil drawing had been purchased for a few million pounds. It was what it was, a rough pencil drawing (inspiration for a future famous piece of art). Everybody flocked around it and sang it’s praises.
I felt it was merely a rough pencil drawing, not bad, but not good – it made me think of the millions spent on it and people’s reactions.
When there is so much suffering, starvation, illness and deprivation in this world, is any pencil drawing worth millions?
I am not, nor ever would be taking a dig at artists – just where values are sometimes placed 🙂
Alex 🙂
I get that perfectly, because at times I used to think the same, in some other contexts,but then, ‘eyes are different’ so the visions must also be different …That’s OUR WORLD!
Yes indeed 😉
And, I would like to hear from you about my latest short story, if possible please check it!
I will take a look soon 🙂
Good Title, sharp writing!
Oh thank you very much indeed – I wasn’t sure if this one would receive a positive reaction or not! 🙂
Hmmm… I understand 🙂 Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder 😉
It certainly does 😀
I bet it felt good to write this one! It felt good to read it.
Oh thank you very much 🙂
Actually it has taken over four years for this one to emerge 🙂
I was a little curious to the response I would get from it’s debut, but so far so good 😀
So many wearing Emperor’s clothing, one is hardly ever respected for pointing out their obvious lacks… no matter how kindly the phraseology.
So true 🙂
All perception & nothing real…
So true 🙂