Who Will Interpret Exhibit Art? Poem by Terence George Craddock

who decides
if a work needs
to be explained...

artist left art open ended
critic closed art to defined
interpretation imposed...

where is the real meaning...

in complex art
many possibilites
answers exist...

sometimes with many possibilities
sometimes with many meanings
there are short books of explanations;

some critics claim
agreed it is true
that explanations

deny the reader
fresh experience
personal interpretations

the chance wonder
to think explore construct
their own meaning

if there is joy within
if there is love within
is this not enough meaning...


Terence George Craddock (Afterglows Echoes Of Starlight)
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