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Midnitesun
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0 posted 2009-03-04 03:12 PM



I am she...

who sits in silent reverie
'neath windswept trees
that wave at passers-by
in the Garden at Auvers.

I am she...

who stands in wheat fields
watching blue-black crows
fly over amber waving grains,
watching you.

I am she...

who feels the brushstroke of you
within each passionate hue
of yellow-gold, starry midnight blue,
the colors of eternity.

I am she...

who breathes deeply the essence of you,
listens to the sounds colors make
as they echo throughout the universe
for all eternity.

I am she...

who sits in silent devotion,
forever in awe of you,
the master artist of emotion
who painted art from the heart.


© Copyright 2009 Kathleen Kacy Stafford - All Rights Reserved
Pilgrimage
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1 posted 2009-03-04 03:31 PM


Very nicely done!  I like your structure, I think it reinforces the wording, making it more powerful.  Excellent images, too.  I, unfortunately, am she who babbles constantly and never truly listens to the author, who never looks closely at the artist's painting.  

Nan (Pilgrim variety)

secondhanddreampoet
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2 posted 2009-03-04 03:50 PM


another fine 'write'!

I am particularly fond of:

"listen(ing) to the sounds colors make
as they echo throughout the universe
for all eternity."

significant applause for this 'penning'!!

OwlSA
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3 posted 2009-03-04 04:13 PM


And you are she who lights up Pipsters' lives while gravely ill, and who explodes our happiness with sunflower exuberance news, and who quivers our starry night emotions with breathless awareness.  If Vincent were still alive, he would be humbled at his paintings splashed into your exquisite poetry.

Owl

Robert E. Jordan
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4 posted 2009-03-04 08:14 PM


Yo dear Kacy,

This is right on the money.  Good work Hon.

Love Bobby

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5 posted 2009-03-04 08:19 PM


If only he had known that he would inspire such devotion from a Goddess...


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6 posted 2009-03-05 02:51 PM


You guys are so good to me!
I guess its obvious how much I adore Vincent's art.

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7 posted 2009-03-05 04:50 PM


Kacy, my dear, dear Kacy, I love this poem beyond measure.

This is a poetic treasure of great kaleidoscopic beauty. Vincent is smiling ~ as am I.

Love to you, poetess with the 'mostest'!

Linda

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8 posted 2009-03-05 04:56 PM


Great art, great poetry. Who could ask for more?
                              Ida

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9 posted 2009-03-05 06:37 PM


Dear Kacy, this really touches the heart with the emotions of art. His, as well as yours.

Absolutely enchanting.

Love,
Margherita

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10 posted 2009-03-05 08:28 PM


Linda, Margherita, Ida..thanks!
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11 posted 2009-03-05 09:49 PM


I really like this one!
ethome
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12 posted 2009-03-05 10:15 PM


Beautifully done. Words are so good!

I love the song by Don MacClean 'Vincent'

Eric

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13 posted 2009-03-06 04:17 PM


I tend to be a miserable companion in a museum... for I see and walk and rarely pause for long. *S* But... there are times when I'm stopped in my tracks and literally get lost in a painting. Van Gogh's do it to me every time and I applaud the consideration of places that have benches in front of his works. *S*

I need another bench for your poem... so I can enjoy it again and again... so into my library this goes! *S*

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14 posted 2009-03-06 04:38 PM


WW, Eric, Suthern lady..Thank you!

suthern, I know exactly what you mean.
A few years ago, a security guard almost threw me out of the Denver Art Museum
when I got 'a wee bit too close' to van Gogh's
"Entrance to the Garden at Auvers" painting.
(I almost touched it.) I sat on the bench for a long long time breathing it in,
tears streaming down my cheeks, staring at the master's work.

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