Edgar Degas

Dreamlike they dangle
from pastels so pure
with blurs filled with laughter
it's movement galore!
The dancers drift gracefully
throughout his career
Degas' women were truly
like Germans to beer.
He couldn't live without them
he found them to be
buds flighting from stems
of the lank willow tree.
Degas drew and he painted;
he studied the masters.
To keep himself minted,
monotyping was faster.
He made pictures from memory
never from sight
he would look for his subjects
late in the night.
"Imagination is key!"
Degas firmly asserted.
the other impressionists
up and deserted
Degas with his movement
his colors and women
they found no improvement
when he used colors like lemons.
In his late works,
naturalism receded
in colors and lines
he found expression was needed
so he loosened his grip
and painted with passion
and rolled with the history
That said he's in fashion.