VAN GOGH'S BOOTS - Translation of VAN GOGH-ANA BOOTUGALU ವಾನ್ ಗಾಫ್‌ನ ಬೂಟುಗಳು

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 ...