Vincent

Lorenz

Vicent you throw absinthe colors

in the sky   of your madness .

The port of Amsterdam 

raining hangman's  ropes ,

beer tastes as rancid tide

and the whores look like charity ladies.

Vincent you soliloquize with wide-eyed fish

and you break your canvas like blasphemy 

scaring away  magus and little jesus !

Hide this flower of blood from the healthy mind's fury !

         Vincent ...

I will visit your grave all invaded by the softness of green

passing by,I'll say hello to Theo  !

And I promise  I won't pray ...

As if to pretend you're yelling at me ,

we'll share a rough dutch tobacco 

and some horrible country plonk ...

It will make us a good laugh !

A ragged star will cling to the mary blue,

 bye Theo faithful bro !

Vincent ,at least  your soul soothed

you'll go back to sleep ...

 

 

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  • Ellen Marsell

    Love your poem!
    A tribute to a great master. Despite his demons, he gained a certain immortality in art.

    • Lorenz

      There's always a demon lurking in immortality .

    • sorenbarrett

      You know Vincent well he would have liked this poem. It's words in swirls and vivid colors paint the life of a man misunderstood and poorly recieved. A man that found it hard to give away his art. This poem in its passion reflects his. Very nicely written with recognizable symbols thrown in along the way. it paints a compassion for him as he did for the people he painted. Brilliant!

      • Lorenz

        Thank you Sorren for your so sensitive approach !



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