Brush Strokes of Van Gogh

 

“I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.” –Vincent Van Gogh


I painted Tuesday with stars hoping

Van Gogh would woo the iris

to rise from their winter melancholy.

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 What is a day without stars

or night without sun?

 Beyond the horizon

Van Gogh’s brush

paints sunflowers

on the cheeks of the moon.

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 The sky fell in starlight strokes

of Van Gogh.

Like a child chasing butterflies

I collected wishes on the tip

of my brush to paint joy

in my valley of sorrow.


©Susie Clevenger 2021

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Comments

Carrie Van Horn said…
The vision of sunflowers on the cheeks of the moon is going to stick with me for a long long time! This is as beautiful as the art he paints!! I love love love this and the message it beautifully streaks before us!