bearded Renaissance man
who shops at Ikea
buying cheap print on large canvas
cooks beans on toast
woman who saves cats
raves about Baroque
wears patent boots
and a gaudy frock
in the art gallery
they enjoy the space
between them
in general cats avoid him
Baroque makes him queasy
a beard is a beard is a beard
whichever century it spouts from
in the cafe
the manager considers serving
beans on toast
Fizzing poem, as usual, Sarah – I’ll have to read it a few times to fully appreciate it.
I bet your show in Ruthin will be fizzing, as well! Wish I could bring my grandchildren to it, but I’m already committed that night.
Hi sarah, fine poem ( I hate beards!!) Nicely observed.
I love the contrast between the intellectual and the mundane. It works so well.
Hi Sarah – you’ve drawn great pictures! I’ve played around (in my head) with swapping the stanzas about… maybe you’ve done the same… In the end I wondered how it would look with the ‘In general’ couplet moving up to follow the first stanza… it’s great fun fiddling with other people’s poems!