Life without love is insanity!
Go to a prostitute and FEEL something,
In your bed, cradle her faded affection.
Come morning – A life without love,
Sinful and Immoral….I got my material from a book called “POX” written by Deborah Hayden. In the chosen Chapter and Paragraph, she takes a look a the life of Vincent van Gogh– quoting him on matters of the heart amongst other things.
Today’s dVersePoets’ prompt has us rearranging texts from any literary source into a poetic form – Dadaist Poetry.
Feel free to join in! 🙂
Festival King 
Van Gogh should know. What an interesting source text, for sure. A man of pictures comes through in his words. Interesting that the method pulled this together. How did you select words or sentences?
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Hello there!
My reconstruction comes from rearranging certain words in page 157 of the book “POX” by Deborah Hayden. Here she quotes Van Gogh- “I think a life without love is sinful and Immoral”… Well I just picked words from the page along with his quote and created this piece 🙂
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Cheers 🙂
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dang….hey a life without love or feeling is def wasted…and if you got to go to extremes…perhaps it will be worth it…smiles…
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Van Gogh contracted Syphilis, which back then had no cure due to those extremes Brian… What?! did I just hear someones say ” Well thank goodness for 21st Century Protection”? 😉 😀
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Wow, this is excellent, as if you just wrote it naturally. It doesn’t feel choppy or muddled at all. Very clear meaning.
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Thank you Henna 🙂
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very well done!
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Thanks 🙂
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Yes, a very smooth read indeed : )
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Thanks! 🙂
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This is real poetry… though not entirely random I think I have learned that you can do real fantastic pieces from this… Awesome.
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Thanks Bjorn!
@ Random- I need to learn that art coz I just love what I have seen at the bar concerning dadaism 🙂
Cheers!
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…strong piece that rings truth… if i hadn’t know of the topic today at dverse i wouldn’t thought this as having done after dadaist principle/s… great one… smiles…
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Smiling back… Thanks Kelvin!
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Excellent–I love the phrase, “faded affection.” You are right on the money here, life without love must be entirely miserable. Great work!
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O thank you! 🙂
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I like this line, cradle her faded affection ~ a life without love would be one of despair ~
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It surely would …
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Nicely done! 🙂
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SEYI!!!! …. Missed you! 🙂
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Yeah!!! Don’t see your posts on my reader, I think WP is planning a coup on your posts!! Missed you tooooooo 🙂 🙂 😉
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@Wordpress: Grrrrrr!!!!
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🙂 🙂
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This is a strong Dadaist piece strife with meaning. It’s easy to read which I love… a lot of Dada poetry is very stilted and choppy. Very well done! -Mike
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O thank you! I’m glad you liked it 🙂
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You told it as it is! Right to the point and in no uncertain terms! Nicely!
Hank
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I’m glad you appreciate it 🙂
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You created an intriguing piece, and I could well credit Van Gogh with such an utterance!
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Thank you 🙂
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Excellent – a life without love doesn’t bear thinking about…
Anna :o]
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I agree 🙂
Thanks for stopping by!
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Very interesting, and poignant.
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Thanks 🙂
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