"Vincent" (Starry Starry Night) by Don McLean

"Van Gogh's Prayer" by János Pilinszky

On this day, March 30, in 1853 Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh was born. Read this poem about him: Van Gogh's Prayer by János Pilinszky

Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)

Self-Portrait, 1887

A brief poem: "A Soft Answer"

As a proverb says, "A soft answer turns away wrath." In other words, a gentle response will calm an angry person. I have read that often it is not so much what we say but the way we say it that prompts such varied responses as acceptance and wrath. Here is a brief poem about anger.


A SOFT ANSWER
from the Bible: Proverbs 15:1 (King James Version)

A soft answer turneth away wrath:
But grievous words stir up anger.


First appeared in Six-Word Memoirs, sixwordmemoirs.com

Video: Finding Emily Dickinson in the power of her poetry - NewsHour Poetry Series

Watch this video about American poet Emily Dickinson (1830-1886): Finding Emily Dickinson in the power of her poetry - NewsHour Poetry Series: Who was Emily Dickinson? A new exhibition at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York takes a closer look at the iconic American cultural figure through her poems and the remnants of her life, and finds a less reclusive woman than we thought we knew. Jeffrey Brown reports.

"Magdalen Walks" by Oscar Wilde : Poets.org

Read the poem "Magdalen Walks" by Irish writer Oscar Wilde (1854-1900). It is a joyous exaltation of springtime and rebirth.

Oscar Wilde