Taking this time to remember Vincent Van Gogh who was born on March 30th, 1853
and died on July 29, 1890
VAN GOGH
After painting peasant pictures
Country settings-harvest landscapes
He was drawn to the pallets of Paris
Where color was everything
He took long walks to improve his color
With passion and torment he painted
Poppies, olive groves and night cafés
Compulsively driven by brushes with death
And strokes of genius he worked
With turbulent eyes and brightly colored oils
Creating sunflowers, fishing boats, portraits
And starry nights that will live on forever
But at a young thirty-seven, left his canvas
With so much color and life unpainted
Making us wonder what madness drove him
To leave us with such an impression
MSW
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