I
think of Van Gogh cutting
off
his ear after gnarling
the
olive trees in paint, continuing
his
disagreement with Monet, arguing
by
other means less painful, less
dramatic,
less temporal, more
eternal.
I have no knife, no brush,
no
argument with Monet; only
a
match, lit, with which to turn
the
prairie’s painted landscape,
its
yellowed paper brittleness,
into
flame.
This
poem is submitted to the Poetics prompt at dVerse
Poets. Hosted today by Brian Miller, the prompt is to select any one of a
number of posted photographs by Sue
Ann. To see the other photographs (cool stuff) and the poems submitted,
please visit dVerse
Poets.
Photograph by Sue Ann. Used with permission.
17 comments:
I loved that Sue Ann's work took to Van Gogh and Money! I am sure she would be very pleased.3
Amazing, Glynn... I can see the wildness in this piece and am also amazed that this drew you to Van Gough and Monet.
careful now...once that fire starts you never know where it might end up....smiles...def a little wild and cool connections to the artists glynn...
I like where you went with this one.
I like the burning of the olive trees, the painted landscape, into flame ~ Nice one Glynn ~
"I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee" (Ezekiel 28:18)- nice perspective
I enjoyed your poem... the picture spoke well to you :)
wow, van gogh and monet... that is definitely a great inspiration.
loved how you connected them to the picture, great work!
I was going to start with wow, until I noticed the previous comment did. But I so loved this. The contrast and likeness was so real and well presented, and the threat of fire, very intense, taken in any sense. Excellente work. One of my favs this Saturday!
Life in the 1800's.
Yes it's very much like Van Gogh's paintings. Thoroughly enjoyed your poem.
All one needs is a spark, and life transforms.
yes it feels like burning doesn't it
:) love the intertextuality in tis - the tanget to Van Gogh
:)
What a beautiful poem. Thanks for using one of my pics...what an honor,.
Thanks so much
Hugs
SueAnn
no, no, put that match out ! please.
Smile
Absolutely vivid beautiful! Shall return to it.
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