Nov 2023
The ritual after work
in the dark at the end
of the evening twilight
The dim light of the low clouds
in 1883, when the nights in the country
were still black
The farmer stoops
poking a dry smell
from the weeds of the day
It lingers
in a plume of smoke
above the sparks
in the dark at the end
of the evening twilight
The dim light of the low clouds
in 1883, when the nights in the country
were still black
The farmer stoops
poking a dry smell
from the weeds of the day
It lingers
in a plume of smoke
above the sparks
Painting "Onkruid verbrandende boer" ("Peasant burning weeds"), 1883, Vincent van Gogh
Collection "Greeting from before"
Collection "Greeting from before"
