Mulberry
Vincent, what skewed your branches, streaked your sky,
and drew tormented waters from above?
What crops, obscured by grasslands
pressed to earth?
What part of you
at rest beneath that tree––
now only your marker
left for us to see?
For dVerse Poets
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lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
He was such a troubled soul. And I fear he would not have had an answer to your questions. Lovely verse.
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Right, I was really asking myself the questions, Violet.
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I see. But they would have been the very ones I would have liked to have asked him!
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Me, too.
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My favorite artist. Your words are beautiful
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We may never know the answers…but Vincent’s Maker does! Van Gogh painted impressive art, expressive of his mental illness and it all is a gift.
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Seems like all artists have their flaws and it comes out in their art. Van Gogh was a very tormented soul!
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Absolutely..my response to both statements, Dwight.
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Very vivid verses for this painting
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Thanks, Sadje.
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You’re most welcome
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this is so beautiful and emotionally intelligent…
tapping into the connection with Van Gogh that we all have…
i went to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam last summer and wow, your poem should be on the wall there
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Have you been to any of the interactive displays of his work? They are amazing. I went to one in Guadalajara.. You actually walk through the paintings.
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And yes, I’ve been to his museum in Amsterdam as well.
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That was beautiful, Judy!
Yvette M Calleiro 🙂
http://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com
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Thanks, Yvette.
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I wonder if he would answer…
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My God. How stunning your inquiries.
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My fave artist, and my mother gave me his first name as my middle name. Yes, who knows what demons, what tortures he actually wrestled with.
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I think I’m going to have to call you Vincent after this!
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