van gogh <br />in the field <br />etching haiku <br />onto canvas <br />each stroke <br />a colourful haiku <br />for posterity <br />sunflowers <br />eleven brothers vie <br />for attention <br />the fortunate ones <br />coloured bright yellow <br />the rest resign <br />themselves to fate <br />bow humbly <br />and live in the others' shadows <br />eleven lucky blooms <br />worth more than a hundred millions <br />they do not fit into my pot <br />but in my heart they blaze in glory, always <br /> <br />van gogh's genius pours <br />unrelentingly <br />from eye to eye, <br />heart to heart <br />igniting the artist's passion <br />in each of us <br />once in a while, i too feel like <br />etching haiku in colours <br />encapsulating that extraordinary moment <br />ideas in wondrous colours, shapes and dreams <br />so that they too would turn out to be loving works of insanity<br /><br />john tiong chunghoo<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/haiku-in-colours/
