Bending Toward Heaven: Poems After The Art Of Vincent Van Gogh

We are surrounded by poetry on all sides, Vincent van Gogh (1853-90) once wrote to his brother Theo. His art was a reflection of this belief. In these ekphrastic sonnets, the author reflects on themes Van Gogh returned to over and over again in his brief but intense journey from evangelist and pastor-in-training to painter of peasants, still lifes and growing things. As these poems reflect, Van Gogh's poetic imagination was best expressed in blossoming orchards, starry nights, sheaves of wheat, final harvests, and in his signature sunflowers--a metaphor for his own life, lifting petals to the sky, bending toward heaven.

Author: Sharon Fish Mooney

Publisher: Resource Publications

Publication Date: Feb 11, 2016

Number of Pages: 106 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback/Poetry

ISBN-10: 1625647840

ISBN-13: 9781625647849