He was born on a Tuesday
\nThe fourteenth of July
\nIn the year 1860
\nA Leo and high
\nIn the echalons really
\nOf the art nouveau
\nFrom the Austrian Empire
\nWas where he did grow
\nUp, he was quick to learn and to draw
\nHis mother hung a pencil
\nHis sketches they were raw
\nBut he almost Could draw
\nBefore he could walk
\nPencil mostly but also chalk<\/p>\n
Alphonse his christian name
\nA White metal monkey was he
\nHe did his own thing
\nAnd, so cleverly
\nA certain Count Egon
\nNoticed his art
\nAnd helped him
\nIn Munich to study
\nFrom The heart
\nTheatrical posters
\nBecame his forte
\nOf Sarah Bernhardt
\nA lass of that day<\/p>\n
Stylistic patterns
\nwater colour and ink
\nA good graphic artist
\nWho really did think
\nHe was very discerning
\nRefined one might say
\nShowing good taste
\nIn his beautiful way
\nA great eye for detail
\nWith a keen peace of mind
\nA king in his jungle
\nLeft nothing behind<\/p>\n
One of his posters
\nWas found in a cottage
\nup in the attic
\nWhere spiders had been
\nKeenly appreciating
\nThe fine lady
\nWho shone through the darkness
\nFrom whence she did lean<\/p>\n
An ovate who coincidentally
\nHad sported a mirror
\nBy Mucha the artist supreme
\nStruck by the picture
\nHow was it possible
\nQuietly meditating
\nShe noted its gleam<\/p>\n
She left it to rest
\nFrom the light and the eyes
\nOf others sequestered
\nTo just realise
\nA sort of reward in so many ways
\nA heavenly host
\nProtection perhaps
\nAn aura of peace
\nWhose spirit displays<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
He was born on a Tuesday The fourteenth of July In the year 1860 A Leo and high In the echalons really Of the art nouveau From the Austrian Empire Was where he did grow Up, he was quick to … Continue reading