Artsongs: Tahitian Landscape (Gauguin)

   

Paradise Road

The mountain rises past the field

Where golden grasses gleam.

And palms jut out above the brush

With shade trees standing near.

Along the road a man walks on

While balancing his load.

His form, half-hidden near the bend,

Makes straight his steps toward home.

A lone beast also walks the field

And calls to wild-at-heart

Who take their leave of city streets

To breathe the open air.

Where valley yields to mountain’s height

And mountain yields to sky,

The pilgrim walks a wondrous road

Marked by a simpler time.

                                                ~ CK

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Image: Tahitian Landscape at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Artist: Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)
Date: 1891
Medium: Oil on canvas

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