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
- Olney Hymn 33: Seeking The Beloved by William Cowper
- Cradle Song poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- Владимир Маяковский – Ты
- At the Zoo poem – A. A. Milne poem
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Улетевшим мечтам
- Владимир Маяковский – Небылицы в лицах
- Николай Заболоцкий – Оттепель
- In A Railroad Station by Sara Teasdale
- Ольга Берггольц – Ни до серебряной и ни до золотой
- CAESAR’S LAST BREATH by MICHAEL SALCMAN
- Ripening by Wendell Berry
- Look You, I’ll Go Pray by Vachel Lindsay
- Олег Чупров – Подушка
- Олег Бундур – Если умываться лень
- The Poor Fisherman
Some external links:
Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
