Valmier

                                                                                                Georges Valmier

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VALMIER

I'm really quite ashamed to say

I'd never heard of Valmier.

Don't write and tell me he's well-known

Or that he's a Picasso clone.

'I know what I like'..... it's been said before

And no doubt it will be said much more.

Critics who specialise in art

Are very clever, very smart,

But they don't see things through my eyes.

Maybe they are much too wise!

I know this painting gives me pleasure,

So, famous or not, to me it's treasure.

Picasso always seems remote;

He strikes an unrealistic note,

While Valmier makes his cubism speak;

The characters are quite unique.

This lady, for instance, just by chance,

Looks up from her book with a startled glance.

There's something humorous in her pose,

Something funny which time froze.

This mother and child at lesson time,

Painted by Valmier in his prime,

Go beyond a mere abstraction

Once again, caught in the action.

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Picasso had no sense of humour,

(Don't pass that on! It's just my rumour!)

I much prefer George Valmier!

That's all. I've nothing more to say!

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RING OF FIRE

A perfect spherical vase, blue, blue-green, green.

The crack, the fault, the accident, the flaw.

Each red circle an earthquake!

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