Poets Corner

Lenin, on arrival at the Finland Station in Petrograd, speaks:

Barnsley / Utopia

Verse for the versifier, the Beefheart of Barnsley

See the town there in the middle – Utopia

We recognize no theory

Barnsley Dada, it’s as easy as one two three;

The Jackson 5 shimmy down Eldon Street

Past the NHS Yorkshire Smokefree

Choose what works for you: A, B, C.

Non-art REALlTY to be grasped by all peoples

Hannah Hoch in the Alhambra Shopping Centre

Admiring McGuinn’s Rickenbacker and Marvin’s Fender.

“Apache” on a Sunburst ’57 Stratocaster, so tender. 

Dada; abolition of memory

Dada; abolition of archaeology

Barnsley Beefheart purges the world of dead art,

Revolutionary Poet in a state of constant transformation,

The business and purpose of poetry? Barnsleyfication!

Helene Abelen humming “Blame it on the Boogie”

Dada means nothing, Barnsley means everything

Barnsley buildings, concrete poetry and grapefruit.

Kurt Schwitters holds back the water, a Merz Canute

Les chiens sont amicaux mais les voies ferrées ne convergent pas

Das Meer ist blau

Unter der Linden

In der Ecke

Kartoffeln

 

See, ART DADA, see, BUILDING DADA:

Marc Quinn – Barnsleyfied

Jala Wahid – Barnsleyfied

Mark Wallinger – Barnsleyfied

Niki de Saint Phalle – Barnsleyfied

Chris Ofili – Barnsleyfied

Cornelia Parker – Barnsleyfied

Tony Cragg – Barnsleyfied

Rachel Whiteread– Barnsleyfied

David Nash – Barnsleyfied

Maya Derren – Barnsleyfied

Whisper it, “And the beat goes on”.