“Portrait of Eivind Eckbo” painted in 1914: Thorvald Hellesen
When I was very young seventy years ago, my grandmother was suffering from blurred vision from cataracts. She was not able to get surgery to get them replaced like I was and spent her final years unable to see clearly. It is amazing how far medical surgery has come.
Grandma’s eyes grew dim
Figures blend like cubist art
Winter of her life
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So much we take for granted
in our self-centered lives
Grandma with my oldest brother
Photo: Dwight L. Roth
Today at d’Verse, Lillian asked us to choose one of five paintings by Norwegian painter, Thorvald Hellesen, and write a poem in any form that inspires us.
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