Sorry I’m so late. I wrote some poems, cooked a massive pasta bake, read some poetry, did some research, engaged in small talk with No 1 Son and my sister and generally lost my grip on the day.
So the poetry I mentioned did not get posted and when I go back to yesterday’s post I will have to add a note to say I was late.
Here it is, first published in Quail Eggs Issue 3 December 2025.
If you have a few minutes go and have a look. It is a pleasant, peaceful place. Just in case you are like me – click on he bars o the left of the title and everything opens up. I confess it took me a while to work it out.
Blue, orange, yellow, red – Warhol’s copy of The Scream. I could do that. Make a copy, steal his inspiration, expending no imagination. Was there a class at art school called Copy Campbells Cans and Make a Mint? The road to Hell is paved with good imitations.
Warhol’s version has an auction estimate of £2 – £3 million. Mine, I expect, would do to line a budgie cage or two. I can see it now, a captive canary – they are easier to paint than budgies – with my copy of The Scream and melting pocket watches draped around the place. Collectors with fortunes bid on a print of a stolen idea. Sensing value in something mere mortals cannot see.
The bidding dies, a new Lot is announced. A porter shows off an empty coat hanger.
“Lot 164,” the auctioneer intones – “The Emperor’s New Clothes . . .”
as a child
I wondered if my blue
was the same as
other people saw
sometimes I still do
Very beautiful, thoughtful work!
Thank you. 🙂 Like so many of my good poems, it sort of wrote itself.
Wonderful
Thank you Derrick.
It was not the easiest of websites to navigate, but I found you there in the end.
Thank you for persisting. At first I found it difficult. Then, the second ime I used it I had forgotten how to do it. Eventually I learned. 🙂
Not a Warhol fan but he did tap into something essential about life in the1960s, which is still present today.
That is true. Irritating, because I wish I could make millions from reproducing soup can pictures, but true. 🙂
Yup. True but galling.
🙂
laughing out loud at the emperor’s new clothes. LOVE it! XO
Thank you. I enjoyed his one because not only did it get into a good magazine but allowed me to have a swipe at a few art collectors and have a laugh at the same time.
how fun!!
Thank you. 🙂
I take the following as a list: – I wrote some poems, cooked a massive pasta bake, read some poetry, did some research, engaged in small talk with No 1 Son and my sister and generally lost my grip on the day.
No, No, No, No, Yes. And didn’t have a grip so I didn’t lose it.
And you did it all whilst living in autumnal Ballarat, so not too bad a day in the end.
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