Modern Art
Perhaps it’s just me but I find it hard to make sense
My judgment perhaps should be put into suspense
And it’s easy to dismiss something just because it is new
An idea which so far is only grasped by the few
I suppose I am conditioned by what I already know
And my adoption of new concepts remains rather slow
But Modern Art’s history stretches back a long time
And by now we might say it is well in ‘its prime’
Apparently its genesis rose from illustrious names
Such as van Gough, Cezanne, Gauguin, all of great fame
Pioneers were Romantics, Realists, Impressionists too
Cubists came next – Leger, Braque, and Picasso to name just a few
In following years Modern Art went world-wide
Its influence rather like an incoming tide
Traditional painters may have felt they had drowned
By this indefinable force that brought changes profound
But there is no doubt that Modern Art’s here to stay
Its iconic galleries will not fade away
But other art forms remain in our affection
Both old schools and new form treasured collections
Ken Fisher