I don't make the rules
You have to like a place where the street art is inspired by Van Gogh. It's just the rules.
Starry nights and
Sunflower fields adorn
The walls of Vlorë
On a winter's morning
When all flowers still hide
From the cold
But the bright February sun
Brings the confidence of
Summer
Strolling down
Boulevard Ismail Qemali
With my jacket open,
The young, the beautiful
The old, the families
Enjoy the sun,
Even when the only flowers
To be found
Are painted on a wall
Beside a Vincent veneration
High-street-art,
Post-post-impressionism.
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I had a friend
Who refused to spend
Any time on lesser lights -
Unknown artists inspired
By other artists
(As if that does not describe
Every single artist).
'Give me the original,
Or nothing at all'
He'd say and so
Miss everything,
He might have missed
These walls, walked right past
Without seeing, even in
The bright February sun.
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For mine,
I think you simply have to like
A place
Where even the graffiti
Gives homage to
Van Gogh.
About the Creator
Roderick Makim
Read one too many adventure stories as a child and decided I'd make that my life.
I grew up on a cattle station in the Australian Outback and decided to spend the rest of my life seeing the rest of the world.
For more: www.roderickmakim.com
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Comments (1)
Brilliant. I surely like a place where the street art is inspired by Van Gogh.