Vision after the Sermon (1888), by Paul Gauguin. Oil on canvas, 72.2 × 91 cm (28.4 × 35.8 in). Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh. [Wikimedia Commons.]
red wheelbarrow in the manner of Paul Gauguin’s Vision after the Sermon
Gauguin liked
the kind of red
I am thinking about here
– blood red -.
For him, the scene with the wheelbarrow
had a flatness
(Flat! That’s how I see the world!
Flat!
he shouted in an argument
with Vincent Van Gogh
– at least, he did in the Vincente Minnelli
movie, Lust for Life),
a frieze-like quality
as in the art
of the ancient Egyptians …
funny how
a red wheelbarrow
varies in accordance with
the person who perceives it
when all it does
is sit in a chookyard
beside white chickens
Read more from Kevin Densley HERE
Kevin Densley’s latest poetry collection, Please Feed the Macaws…I’m Feeling Too Indolent, is available HERE
Read more Almanac Poetry HERE
If you would like to receive the Almanac Music and Poetry newsletter we will add you to the list. Please email us: [email protected]
To return to our Footy Almanac home page click HERE.
Our writers are independent contributors. The opinions expressed in their articles are their own. They are not the views, nor do they reflect the views, of Malarkey Publications.
Do you enjoy the Almanac concept?
And want to ensure it continues in its current form, and better? To help things keep ticking over please consider making your own contribution.
Become an Almanac (annual) member – click HERE.
About
Kevin Densley is a graduate of both Deakin University and The University of Melbourne. He has taught writing and literature in numerous Victorian universities and TAFES. He is a poet and writer-in-general. His fifth book-length poetry collection, Please Feed the Macaws ... I'm Feeling Too Indolent, was published in late 2023 by Ginninderra Press. He is also the co-author of ten play collections for young people, as well as a multi Green Room Award nominated play, Last Chance Gas, published by Currency Press. Other writing includes screenplays for educational films.
Leave a Comment