A bit of Van Gogh
He lives,
The great Van Gogh,
In
Every artist,
Big/small,
Successful/ failure,
Celeb/obscure,
Remembered/ forgotten,
Lionised/demonised,
Re-discovered/ Erased forever,
This residual Van Gogh,
A bit of him only,
That lingers in the
Soul sensitive,
That makes,
The lingering Gogh,
Rebel against the conventions,
Poverty,
Bad reception,
Anonymity,
Insanity,
Of different sort,
By searching,
Loving,
Painting,
Vibrant colours,
The rivers and the stars,
And talking to his
Loving
Brother Leo,
His only lodestar,
And
To cypresses and
Sunflowers;
The Dutch
Shows the way
To others,
Of a different age,
Not to give up
But find refuge in art,
As every age has got
A new Vincent van Gogh.
Destiny Poets
Uniting and celebrating the best "Writers" and "Poetry" from around the world centred out of Destiny Church Wakefield
Vincent has certainly been an influence for so many other putative artists and has inspired other forms of art to reflect on his personality and influence. One can think of the motion picture starring Kirk Douglas, ” Lust for life ” and the worldwide chart topping Don MacLean song ,” Vincent ” that contains the lines,”this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you..”
Beautiful composition, well thought, well penned.