Van Gogh at sunset - Bill Denham

Larry Robinson Lrobpoet at sonic.net
Sun Dec 1 07:40:02 PST 2019


Van Gogh at sunset
 

After the first rain storm of the season,

            three days of record setting,

            moderate to heavy rain,

            accompanied by

            a fierce north west wind,

            I walked into our backyard

            as the sun was sinking low

            in the western sky, around five o’clock,

            the giant white oak which filled

            the crystalline, cloudless, azure sky,

            the oak whose deep green leaves,

            just weeks before had been silhouetted

            against the white, smoke-filled sky

            of the Eagle Creek fire,

            had morphed into a Van Gogh pallet

            of yellows, gold, burnt sienna and browns,

            so astonishing, so breathtaking

            I stood in stunned silence,

            absorbing its beauty,

            knowing beyond a single doubt

            how precious this gift of life,

            how important to steward

            our small, shrinking,

            beautiful planet.

           - Bill Denham


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