One of our favorites by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Don’t let that horse
eat that violin
cried Chagall’s mother
But he
kept right on
painting
And became famous
And kept on painting
The Horse With Violin In Mouth
And when he finally finished it
he jumped up upon the horse
and rode away
waving the violin
And then with a low bow gave it
to the first naked nude he ran across
And there were no strings
attached
from Coney Island of the Mind, New Directions, 1958
painters and poets
ekphrastic
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| Marc Chagall's "The Horse with Violin in Mouth" |
eat that violin
cried Chagall’s mother
But he
kept right on
painting
And became famous
And kept on painting
The Horse With Violin In Mouth
 |
| The Poet Reading |
And when he finally finished it
he jumped up upon the horse
and rode away
waving the violin
And then with a low bow gave it
to the first naked nude he ran across
attached
from Coney Island of the Mind, New Directions, 1958
painters and poets
ekphrastic
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