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Poety/Ekphrasis/Don't Eat That Violin - Chagall
Copyright Protected, ID 03-1712-752-10
All Rights Reserved, 2025, Constance La France
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Written, March 10, 2025
For the International Contest, JUST MARCH 2025 POSTED
Sponsor, Brian Strand, Judged 03/12/2025

Honorable Mention

Don't Let That Horse…, poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti | Silver Birch Press

Picasso once mused on Chagall saying, “I don’t know where he
gets those images . . . . He must have an angel in his head.”

marc chagall's equestrienne don't eat that violin painted in 1933 like something dreamt strange&mysterious chagall's imagination full of color&movement a celebration of paints strange images a horse eating a violin dreamlike vision melancholy&delightful emotional& poetic some ridiculed it he kept painting &became famous

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Susan Ashley

Date: 3/16/2025 9:38:00 AM

Dear Constance, you celebrate the creativity and dream-like quality of Chagall's painting in the thoughtful beauty of your poem. Your love for this visual art is eloquently expressed. I appreciate the Picasso quote as well. Congratulations for your success in Brian's contest. Warmest wishes.. ~Susan

Constance La France
Date: 3/16/2025 11:32:00 AM

Susan, thank you so much for the lovely comment and compliment, and congratulations, blessings ~

Sara Kendrick

Date: 3/15/2025 8:29:00 AM

Congratulations on this one being on the winners' list. Way to go. Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us. Sara K

Constance La France
Date: 3/16/2025 11:33:00 AM

Sara, thank you for the congratulations and comment, blessings ~

thriveni c mysore

Date: 3/13/2025 12:46:00 AM

unique write. congratulations on your win dear poet. cheers!!!

Constance La France
Date: 3/13/2025 7:17:00 PM

Thriveni, thank you for the compliment and congratulations, blessings ~

Jan Terry

Date: 3/11/2025 7:29:00 PM

An artist friend and I (both losing our sight) have an inside joke that our paintings have begun to look like Chagall's. Our imaginations are all we can currently count on. I'm happy that I was able to visit many famous paintings and sculptures while my sight was good. Good luck with the contest.

Constance La France
Date: 3/12/2025 3:28:00 PM

Jan, thank you for visiting my poem, so sorry to hear about your eye sight. I am a lover of art and a member of the National Gallery of Canada, in Ottawa, Ontario. I love walking the different galleries, a day is not enough time to see the whole thing, so one has to go back several times, then I start all over again, blessings ~

Paula Goldsmith

Date: 3/11/2025 9:42:00 AM

What a lovely/creative write and picture you have here. Maybe he was filled with extra imagination and creativity. "Good Luck" Have a fun day as you write away............

Constance La France
Date: 3/12/2025 3:28:00 PM

Paula, thank you for the compliment and lovely compliment, blesssings ~