VAN GOGH’S BOOTS
(from Avadha 1986)
Van Gogh painted cafés
painted streets
painted parks
painted fields
immersed pine trees
in colour
Critics said –
Tsk-tsk!
Whoever paints
all these!
The Fall of Icarus
The Great Flood
The Resurrection of Christ
These are the subjects of art!
Then Van Gogh painted a picture
of a pair of old boots
Goes down in history
Where are the frustrated critics now?
They are under those boots!
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... inspired by Van Gogh's painting 'A PAIR OF SHOES' ... the poem itself tells everything about this painting and Van Gogh ...
