John William Godward, English
“I Learned How To Sculpt This Clay From the Genius Who Invented It. His Name Was Plato. I Don’t Know What He Wound Up Calling the Clay,” 1922
Oil on canvas
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/// Called “A Dilettante” now for her sculpting.
All the scoffers should see what’s resulting.
It’s a fine female form
just as good as “the norm.”
To imply she’s “half-baked” is insulting.
/// True, she had dabbled in many fields,
which resulted in varying yields.
Her singing’s off-key
and her poetry’s twee,
but the sword that she forged she now wields.
/// Sculpting figures from clay makes a mess,
yet she chose to wear this, her best dress.
It was her own design;
her hand stitching so fine.
‘Twas, ‘til now, Thalia’s greatest success.
/// Thalia concentrates so that she might
get the figure’s proportions just right.
Viewers never surmised
that she carved it full-sized
of a young Dyad, one foot in height.
/// Poet Homer played music, we know.
At least, scholars assume that was so.
But, with modeling clay,
there’s a Homer today
who, if asked, would reply with, “Play? D’oh!”
/// Every time Sandra played “Let’s pretend”
with her dolls, all the stories would tend
to have no parts for men.
So she traded in Ken
for a Midge who is Barbie’s “Best Friend.”