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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ATELIER CEZANNE, by CLARENCE MAJOR Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Blue chair / we whisper Last Line: And me -- and vincent, too. Subject(s): Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) | |||
Blue chair. We whisper. Blue chest. We whisper here. Dresser. Here's the green apple. a woman with braided chestnut hair enters carrying green apples. Here's a red one. the candle. Old jar. Your top hat. Your stained suit. Your frozen garden. It's like van Gogh's girl against a wheat field: the wheat is more important than the girl. Things don't grow and express themselves at the same time. The bottle with the peppermint I accept in its stillness, the rum too. My eyes may swell red and my fingers may grow thick. I will die as you have died. I will choose, at the last moment, to see death in everything -- in corn, in lowers, in birds, and bats. Your frozen garden is close to the skyline that we call the edge. We do not plan to eat things from it. It on the other hand eats at you and me -- and Vincent, too. Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA 98368-0271, www.cc.press.org | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VAN GOGH'S DEATH by CLARENCE MAJOR A MINOR VAN GOGH (HE SPEAKS) by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER VINCENT VAN GOGH by WILLIAM JAY SMITH THE STARRY NIGHT by ANNE SEXTON FAREWELL TO VAN GOGH by CHARLES TOMLINSON VINCENT VAN GOGH by HARRIET R. BEAN FIRE TO FIRE by HELEN ANDERSON WINSLOW READ THE SIGNS by CLARENCE MAJOR |
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