Oh to be Van Gogh !

A paintbrush
A canvas
A palette
Tubes and tubes of colours

A pen
Paper
words
A dictionary

notes
a sheet of music
an orchestra

Books
Writers
Letters
Artists
Paintings
composers
musical instruments

Painting
Reading
Writing
composing

Van Gogh
Mozart
Dostojevsky
Shakespeare

Shadows
Light
Love
Death
symphony
scherzo

All intricately
woven
On canvas
On paper

Great masters
Of time
I am but a humble worshiper
Who also sees dark and light
In the realms of my own mind.

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Comments

pinda | November 20, 2010 - 12:51

Love the layout of this Pia :)It reads really well.

X
Pinda

seashore | November 20, 2010 - 13:31

Love layout and content!

SundaysChild | November 20, 2010 - 16:27

I agree.

Highhat | November 21, 2010 - 11:46

Thanks Pinda, Seashore and SundaysChild- really appreciate you reading and commenting.
;)Pia

skinner_jennifer | November 21, 2010 - 15:48

How imaginative pia,
wouldn't it just be wonderful to be so talanted as
these artists.

Thankyou for the read.

Jenny.

Highhat | November 21, 2010 - 16:03

Yes I would love to have their talent. Thanks a lot for reading and leaving a lovely comment Jenny.
;)Pia

Kahdai | November 22, 2010 - 16:08

Ah I like it so much! I just wish music could be saved in paper too :) K

Highhat | November 22, 2010 - 18:35

Kahdai If you can read notes then it is easy enough ?
;)Pia

Kahdai | November 23, 2010 - 10:58

yes except then you cant hear them :/

Bradene | November 23, 2010 - 12:55

This is great and worthy of a cherry or two in my view. Well done Pia. Valx

Highhat | November 23, 2010 - 13:15

Thanks Val- I will have to write something a bit more worthy of cherries at a later date but thank you for your assessment.
;)Pia

Highhat | November 23, 2010 - 13:17

Kahdai- Beethoven could compose even though he was deaf !! You see ?
Pia ;)

Kahdai | November 24, 2010 - 21:15

Yes clever and ii cant :/ the squigles dont look like music to me atall ohwell :) x

Mark Anthony Pearce | July 24, 2011 - 22:57

I enjoyed this poem very much

You might appreciate this

(i am the strange hero of hunger-B.Childish)
http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoem.do?poemId=14045

In a stark contrast to the sentiment expressed in your poem:

I would also recommend Jean Gimpel's 'The Cult of Art: Against Art and Artists'.
Its a very convincing argument and rant against Art. While I dont agree with much of its sentiment its incredibly well written.

A handshake

MARK

http://iamamanandmynameismark.blogspot.com/
markanthonypearce@googlemail.com

Highhat | July 25, 2011 - 03:17

and a handshake to you Mark- you are very kind- I read the poem and thought it was brilliant- thanks for the comparison- they are very similar aren't they?
I really appreciate you reading this and leaving a comment. Thank you very much.

;)Pia