STARRY NIGHT
This poem was created as part of the Meet Me at MoMA project. New York poet Gary Glazner and Francesca Rosenberg, MoMA Director of Community and Access Programs, led the session. Van Gogh's panting "Starry Night," served as the inspiration for the poem. Questions were asked around what the participants felt while looking at the painting and what stars might, taste, smell and sound like. The participant’s answers form the lines of the poem.
Appreciative.
Very calm- and yet there’s turmoil.
A little suspect, a little sinister,
something evil about it, that plant.
Confusing.
A star tastes delicious.
A star tastes like a milky way.
If I had a thought, I would but you’re okay
so you can get away.
A star smells like peanut butter.
You’ve got to do it.
The stars sound like full heritage.
Everyone looks at a star and dreams.
A star sounds like a symphony.
The painting is soothing you could sleep happily.
I see bi-polar, I feel pity for the person
describing his feelings in the painting.
You can read a lot into Van Gogh’s painting.
I like the sun the way it moves.
Oh my goodness!
Let me think about that now.
Not to count everything that you can use.
It looks like a storm.
Blue’s my favorite color, as we can see.
