Cezanne Sketches Down

Ben Kelly · Post by **Ben Kelly** » Mon Sep 15, 2003 11:09 am

Cezanne Sketches Down

(With Apologies to Leonard Cohen, First Attempted Draft for George the Greek)

Cezanne sketches down
Mont St-Victoire by the river
You can see the birds fly by
You can spend the night together
You know the Impressionists are crazy
But Parisian Cafés attracts the company of strangers
The French fashion for ladies silks on camera
Arriving on the silk-road from Asia-Minor
Just when Maths has all the answers
To find that English has all the questions
The life models now relax with a masseur
Cezanne's paintings are getting drier
Have you've always been an art lover?
And you want to tango with the Lady
Tango with her beauty tango blind
Tango, step inside each other's open bodies
The tango touched the model's perfect image
But you've only really tangoed with her mind

Vallier, was his gardener
Who modelled in a garden chair
He spent his time with plants and water
Knowing stone had hidden powers
But Einstein knew for certain
That E equals MC squared
That Quantum Gravity was with him
And only Space-Time could see him
Saying all men are space travellers
Planet Fruits from the Cosmic Garden
The Big Bang before and after
Was only the sound of God's laughter
Conceptual Art and Modern Architecture
And you want to tango with the Lady
Tango with her beauty tango blind
Tango; step inside each other's open bodies
The tango touched the model's perfect image
But you've only really tangoed with her mind

Cezanne, Zola and the Bathers
At different times, undressed by the river
They used fig leaves that were bigger
To find a place shadier, denser, darker and greener
The heat haze was just shimmering
On Madonna's smoking poker players
Show me Cupids broken arrows in sinners
That all men put seeds in flowers
Eros was the Hero in Summer
That became children one Spring Morning
Love needs kissed and cuddled in Winter
Suzanne and Cezanne, takes and makes us voyeurs
In the vicarious pleasures of art as nature's winners
And you want to tango with the Lady
Tango with her beauty tango blind
Tango; step inside each other's open bodies
The tango touched the model's perfect image
But you've only really tangoed with her mind

George.Wright · Post by **George.Wright** » Mon Sep 15, 2003 1:38 pm

Ben, George the Greek says, excuse the pun, this is a masterpiece.......
Georges

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Mon Sep 15, 2003 3:21 pm

It certainly has some nice images. Pretty creative there, Ben.

George.Wright · Post by **George.Wright** » Mon Sep 15, 2003 3:27 pm

On a second read, i am amazed at the images and the understanding. Makes me look like a novice................
Georges

Byron · Post by **Byron** » Mon Sep 15, 2003 11:16 pm

Georges with no vice?????
Ben, wow.

George.Wright · Post by **George.Wright** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 10:56 am

Steady on, Byron, you are being silly...............
Georges

Ben Kelly · Post by **Ben Kelly** » Sat Sep 20, 2003 2:37 pm

Dear Byron

I am working on a little ditty which i hope will amuse you.
Wow says more than wo-rds

Kink regards

Ben

TC · Post by TC » Sun Oct 05, 2003 11:52 pm

Hi Ben,

I have to say I have read several of your works and you are a very clever and articulate creator.

I love the application of mathematics in music and language....it always has fascinated me.

Also - your sense of humour is very refreshing.

Thanks for the writing - I look forward to more.

T

Ben Kelly · Post by **Ben Kelly** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 7:10 pm

Dear TC

Thank you for your comments, I was a little surprised that this poem received so few posts

Kind regards

Ben Kelly

margaret · Post by **margaret** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 11:28 pm

Sorry, Ben

I should have posted earlier, but I'm not much good at finding the right words to express my thoughts. I really. really enjoyed this poem. Don't know what else to say

Brilliant

margaret

Ben Kelly · Post by **Ben Kelly** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 6:07 pm

Dear Margaret

Thank you for your kind comments, I appreciate them.

Kind regards

Ben

margaret · Post by **margaret** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 10:33 pm

for Wierd Al, ref. parodies of Cohen songs,

See what you think of this one

Ben Kelly · Post by **Ben Kelly** » Sat Dec 06, 2003 7:39 pm

Dear Margaret

How do I find Wierd Al, Poems?

Kind regards

Ben

margaret · Post by **margaret** » Sat Dec 06, 2003 8:16 pm

Dear Ben,

a recent new forum member named Yankovic Gretsky, aka Wierd Al, posted something under the "Covers" section about parodies of Cohen songs. I was trying to direct him to your poem ,but he doesn't appear to have noticed, (yet)

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Sat Dec 06, 2003 9:03 pm

Actually, Margaret [I've tried to nail this down, for sure, myself

], I think Yankovic Gretsky is someone who just really likes Weird Al Yankovic, someone who is well known over here for his musical parodies of songs. He wears thick-framed black glasses. I could be wrong, but it would be quite interesting if 'the' Weird Al were actually here.

Cezanne Sketches Down

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