Edilson A. Ferreira
Three Roads
On “Wheat Field with Crows,” last painting of Van Gogh.
The fullness of a golden wheat field is crowned
by a flock of dark birds in its migratory fly away.
The health and vigor of the landscape contrasts
with the menace of a cloudy and stormy sky,
which does not prevent the birds’ journey.
They bring by birth its right route
and are the owners of the sky.
Poor humans do not fly and are always doubting
their choice of the three roads Van Gogh has painted.
We are the owners of the earth and its richness,
but we have little of the crows’ sense.
Mr. Ferreira is a Brazilian poet who writes in English rather than Portuguese. Recent works have appeared in Red Wolf Journal, Subterranean Blue, Snapdragon, Right Hand Pointing, Whispers, Indiana Voice Journal, The Lake, The Provo Canyon, Synesthesia, Every Day Poems, Dead Snakes, among others. Ferreira lives in a small town with wife, three sons and a granddaughter and, unhurried, is collecting his works for a forthcoming book.
Three Roads
On “Wheat Field with Crows,” last painting of Van Gogh.
The fullness of a golden wheat field is crowned
by a flock of dark birds in its migratory fly away.
The health and vigor of the landscape contrasts
with the menace of a cloudy and stormy sky,
which does not prevent the birds’ journey.
They bring by birth its right route
and are the owners of the sky.
Poor humans do not fly and are always doubting
their choice of the three roads Van Gogh has painted.
We are the owners of the earth and its richness,
but we have little of the crows’ sense.
Mr. Ferreira is a Brazilian poet who writes in English rather than Portuguese. Recent works have appeared in Red Wolf Journal, Subterranean Blue, Snapdragon, Right Hand Pointing, Whispers, Indiana Voice Journal, The Lake, The Provo Canyon, Synesthesia, Every Day Poems, Dead Snakes, among others. Ferreira lives in a small town with wife, three sons and a granddaughter and, unhurried, is collecting his works for a forthcoming book.