May 9, 2017

Resurrection of a Sunflower

546 pages, $23
ISBN: 0998847607
ISBN-13: 978-0998847603

A whopping 546 pages of glorious poetry and prose from all over the Earth, gathered by Catfish McDaris and Pski’s Porch. This anthology celebrates Vincent van Gogh’s life, art, and posthumous fame in a range of poetic styles befitting the global relevance of their subject. Featuring the work of Ryan Quinn Flanagan – Catfish McDaris – Mendes Biondo – Charles Joseph – Daniel Snethen – Bryn Fortey – Alan Britt – Rona Fitzgerald – Dr. Sudeep Adhikari – Kevin Peery – Clint Margrave – Brenton Booth – Ali Znaidi – Wayne F. Burke – George Wallace – Kerry Trautman – David Cravens – Adrian Manning – Eve Brackenbury – Richard Wink – Guinotte Wise – Chigger Matthews – Bob Holman – Dr. Robert Lee Kendrick – Neil Ellman – Victor Clevenger – Lisa Stice – James Benger – Lylanne Musselman – Ndaba Sibanda – Yoby Henthorn – Tim Staley – Debi Swim – Sheika A. – Subhadip Majumdar – Carol Alexander – Jonny Huerta – Lisa Wiley – Professor Bob Kunzinger – Mary Ellen Talley – Jay Passer – Judith Berke – Hillary Leftwich – Claus Ankersen – Dan Sicoli – Dr. Marianne Szlyk – Perry S. Nicholas – kerry rawlinson – Huang Xiang – David S. Pointer – Ally Malinenko – Su Zi – John Grochalski – Norman J. Olson – Doug Mathewson – Donald Armfield – Marc Pietrzykowski – Heller Levinson – Nina Bennett – Floyd Salas – Maja Trochimczyk, PhD. – Karen Greenbaum-Maya – Connie Ramsay Bott – William Rock – Dan Nielsen

Sunflower Dance

Death of the sunflower iris sky,

thirty-seven sunflowers shrivel

and die under the deluge of

impasto thick upon Vincent’s

canvas, as he lay in agony wat-

ching purple black crows float

above, you are in my heart van

Gogh, I shall nourish the earth

with my blood, as it has us, the

women will weep and sing in

Portuguese in the house of old