The Committee of the Arts Festival (1922)
Otto Tetius Tugel 1892-1972
seen at Museum fur Kunst Und Gewerbe (MKG) on 10-31-2012
Who were they then
these faces from Der Meistersinger?
Perhaps anyone who judges
can too easily be judged
How might my actions be judged
Did I do enough in the 1960’s
1970’s, 1980, 1990’s, this century
what is enough and who judges
Who were they then
these Eduard Hanslicks of 1922
the art critics, deciders, deriders
were the failed then the ones to judge
I want to know how I would of been
if I had seen if I had been
there in the nineteen and thirties
would I have known who to be
They are having tea and gesticulating
arguing over whose art to include
whose art is “worthy’ whom do you say
yes to, to whom is the word no
I wake up each and every day now
and find a cause attached to my lips
I write, I work, I read, I play
does any of it make a life
First version
Bob Orig idea 10-31-12
today is March 14th, 2014
revised on March 21st, 2014
I’d love to include a photo of the painting but not sure if that’s legal
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Bob Small has read at Bacchanal, Barnes and Noble, Borders,
The Booksource (Swarthmore), The Clark Park Festivals,Community College of Philadelphia
Highwire Gallery, The Mad Poets Annual Food Fest Reading,
The Middle East Restaurant, Nexus GalleryThe Painted Bride Arts Center,
The Philadelphia Ethical Society, Robin's Bookstore
The University of Pennsylvania and also in New York City,
Trenton, NJ, Washington, DC, and in many Delaware Valley Venues.
He is the author of numerous chapbooks, including
El Otro Lado (with Maralyn Lois Polak), On watching America Die,
Small Steps and Toes (with Lamont B. Steptoe), and The Unapoet.
This is his first Reading in over a year.
Bob Small was Founder and President of the
two decades old Poets and Prophets,
which presented Poetry Readings
in both Delaware County and Philadelphia.
Bob was the Chair of The Delaware County Green Party and was the
First Green Party Candidate in Delaware County (2005).
He was also a Green Party National Delegate, among other duties.
He is the Founder and Facilitator of
The Pennsylvania Ballot Access Coalition (PaBac),
which is a Coalition of both Independents and Third Parties.,
seeking to legislatively improve Pennsylvania's Ballot Access Laws. (Facebook)
Bob is also a founding member and
Facilitator of Democracy Unplugged, and Delco Debates,
which has presented Independent and Third Party Forums in Delaware County since 2004. Facebook)
He was formerly involved with Cinema Resistance, and Delco Pledge of Resistance.
Bob currently lives in Swarthmore with his wife
and their menagerie of animals.
He is currently focused on writing a Novel and organizing his Poetry, which he posts on his Blog (Bob Small1). He is retired from most of the above activities, except Delco Debates and Poets and Prophets, which he may return to.
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