Modern Art Versus Realist Art Haiku Poem by john tiong chunghoo

Modern Art
giving the brain its space to
breathe, cry, argue and live

Modern Art
putting the real man
back into his art

Modern Art
making love with reality
in all the ways possible

Modern Art
giving back the brain its lane
of communications
on and away from the painted


Modern Art
giving the brain all the ways
it wishes to live


Realist Art
sealing the moment with
a dead certificate
of beauty

Modern Art
where the past and future say hello
one to reminisce
and the other
to create a lane for its
future
a lane for the brain
that refuses
to be terminated
by the deadening concept
of realism