After taking a stroll through the exhibit and while waiting for the talk to begin, I jotted down some haiku and enjoyed the air conditioning.<\/p>\n
Watching people look
\nAt Vincent’s brief flame of life
\nWhat am I seeking?<\/p>\n
They pause and gesture
\nThey stop to read the small signs
\nAnd slowly, move on. <\/p>\n
The couple pauses
\nThe wife, gestures with her head
\nThe husband nodding, turns. <\/p>\n
Find where the light goes
\nAnd making it shine brightly
\nDash in the shadows<\/p>\n
Draw just what is there
\nCaressed by artist’s eye
\nFlying past the frame. <\/p>\n
Sitting in the garden
\nTrees carving arcs of color
\nDabs of red flowers. <\/p>\n
A man asks someone
\nWhat’s this thing about nature?
\nIt’s not natural.<\/p>\n
If he’d lived longer
\nWould sun and wheat have escaped,
\nChased by the reaper?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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