Van Gogh - a Poem for dVerse Open Link Night
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| Van Gogh’s painting “Window in the Studio” – painted in 1889 |
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Van Gogh Dilemma
Van Gogh went round and round
To bad his fuzzy math
Had he remembered "pi"
Might have stopped while he's sane
Instead he stopped at top
Thought his ear was to blame
Whacked one off at its base
Sharp knife felled it one swoop
Simple the constant "pi"
3 point one four to know
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- Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2024, All Rights Reserved
- I am linked with Lillian at dVerse Open Link Night, here
- Click here to read other's writing today (3/14/2024)
- I have been writing for "pi Day" since 2011, here is a list that showed when I searched my blog for use of the word,
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- * Below is My picture taken outside the infirmary where Van Gogh was staying after he had cut off his own ear. For information of the photo below and more of our stay there in St. Remy, click here.
- Vincent van Gogh -- 30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890):
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| [Photo Copyright, Jimmiehov 2006] |
Compare my photo above of the actual orchard with this
one that I took of one of Gogh's paintings of the orchard.
Labels: dVerse, Historical Artists and Poets, Pi Day, Poem, Syllabic Form
posted by Jim @ 3/14/2024 07:17:00 AM
3 comments
3 Comments:
Ah yes.....the lopped off ear. How very sad this genius had such problems. What makes me smile though is this: if I painted the same haystack as many times as he did, I think I'd be going a little batty myself. Even when done at different times of day etc....it's still haystack after haystack. Ah....but I am being sacrilegious here to say such things.
Glad you posted to the prompt!
Yes... one ear off, (could it have been tinnitus?)
He was such a tragic figure... Well written, Jim.
Sincerely,
David
SkepticsKaddish.com
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