Sunflowers
by Martin Willitts Jr.
Based on the Van Gogh painting “Sunflowers” he made while waiting for Cezanne to join him
I want to decorate my room with color
from sunflowers that all I can imagine
sharing the arbitrary orange and yellow
I selected from the field of my imagination
placed them on a table
so it’s the first and last thing one sees
when entering or leaving in a hurry
to compel a person to slow down
enjoy the released yellow envelops
from a distance I have not opened
I want to express myself, but I dare not
less my enthusiasm overwhelm you
and my words open as sunflowers
no one should see so much yellow, I think
so I hold back, afraid of having so much love
it makes your cheeks turn orange
so stay a while,
paint with me, let our painting sigh,
let the rooms be yellow mornings
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Robert Burns: Versified Note To Dr. Mackenzie, Mauchline:
- Яков Полонский – Нищий
- The Scarecrow by Ross D Tyler
- Strange Fits of Passion Have I Known by William Wordsworth
- Lover’s Gifts LXX: Take Back Your Coins by Rabindranath Tagore
- The Land of the Exile by Rabindranath Tagore
- Like This by Rumi
- Azure and Gold poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Юлиан Анисимов – Камнем сгрудилась комната
- An Indian Summer Day on the Prarie by Vachel Lindsay
- Robert Burns: Lines On The Commemoration Of Rodney’s Victory:
- In The Country – English Translation by Rabindranath Tagore
- Epitaph On An Army of Mercenaries by A. E. Housman
- The Methodist by Thomas Chatterton
- Persian Poem poem – Amir Khusro poems | Poems and Poetry
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