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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