The Art Critics



What do they view,
How do they see?
What is art to another,
Simply childish to me,
Self proclaimed experts,
Studied for years,
What cost little to produce,
Worth a mint to their peers.

Splash on some paint,
A swirl with a brush,
Have the right contacts,
these works sell in a rush,
Renaissance, impressionist, cubist and baroque,
A progression of  history’s greatest work,
But try as I might,
to appreciate the Tate,
however I stare and position I take,
Emperor’s clothes is all that appear,
The walls of my home they will never get near.

— Philip Wood