With Van Gogh, I Hear Music, by Crystal Snoddon

Starry Night, by Vincent Van Gogh (Netherlands), 1889.

With Van Gogh, I Hear Music

Outrageous whorls, Vincent,
cochlear want-daubs in whispers -

a spirited thirst
a scream of controlled turbulence

an aria.

Echoes of whirling dervish poets
who kick up earthy pigments
of raw umber -

taste their swirled words.

My lover says, look -
the sun sets,
presses want
back into the day.

But I say
nothing.  

My ventricles
treacherous cyclones
swirl perpetual indigo

oscillate
an eternal starry night.

Crystal Snoddon

Crystal Snoddon is a Canadian writer who feasts upon art to make sense of the corporate. Most recent publications of poetry include Tuck Magazine, The Light Ekphrastic, Communicator's League, The Quarterday Review.
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