PRIMITIVE, REALLY... (My poem about the Alfred Wallis painting, 'Newlyn'...)

 Primitive, Really…

(From the Alfred Wallis painting, ‘Newlyn'…) 

Another cardboard box.

Pull it open.

Utilise it. 

Daub it quickly.

Ship’s paint applied.

Greys and darker for an engulfing ocean.

Dull masses maybe

As outcrop rocks.

Another featured lugger.

Centre it. Recall.

Maximise it. 

Infill it quickly.

Dark paint supplied.

Black and angles for the enclosing jetties.

Dull slab maybe 

For Mount’s vigour.

Another boat perhaps.

Angle it so.

Marginalise it.

Brush it quickly.

Black paint deployed.

Whites and lines for the sails and houses.

Brown symbols maybe, 

Like aerial maps…

Pete Ray

Alfred Wallis’ work tends to engage me and always brings a smile to my face…