Starry Night Van Gogh
The Starry Night is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch Post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh. Painted in June 1889, it depicts the view from the east-facing window of his asylum room at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, just before sunrise, with the addition of an imaginary village. Wikipedia
Night, Oh Night! You are blue..,
From my window, I watch...
the imposing hills emerge into azure sky,
the tiny humble village slumbers at the bottom,
black, brown, grey….and cobalt!!
I watch the brightest star ~
Is it Venus..alluring and gleaming?
right beside the Cypress, tall, and soaring,
To my eyes, the night dazzles...
Seductive moon and thousands of stars glimmer in
turbulent agitated swirling waves ~
but the towering tree..
Oh the preponderant symbol of melancholy and death,
rejecting the church, the tranquil village at the base,
reaching the sky!
That’s how all-powerful Death overtakes everything,
In death we walk to the star!
April 11, 2022
Inspired by Vincent Van Gogh's painting "Starry Night"
A Brian Strand Premiere Choice Poetry Contest
Eighth Place
"Beauty Of Night" Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Sotto Poet
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