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Art Ekphrasis Poems

These Art Ekphrasis poems are examples of Ekphrasis poems about Art. These are the best examples of Ekphrasis Art poems written by international poets.

Invisible Sculpture - Salvatore Garau

close you eyes for this
     open your hands
  tell me what you feel
       ...

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Sunlight in the Cafeteria - Edward Hopper

sallow confined to the shadow
though his glance reaches across the void
solvent so far in my averted gaze
this man will not stop the sun falling on...

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Girl with a pearl earring

I’m struck by the stark contrast
of her image
which leaps out
against a black background

Meeting the gaze
of her piercing blue eyes
I find her so beautiful
much more alluring...

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Categories: art, beauty, identity,

Invisble Po Oup, Num9Num9Num9, Orignal Concep

.                        ...

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Twin Mirrors Lichtenstein

there's a start 
                     ...

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We Rose Up Slowly Lichtenstein

I want to pour myself into you
   reciprocal medicine 
drink me in
    as I am 
  swallowed up in...

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Still Life with Pearls Lichtenstein

you can see anything you want to
                  ...

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The Storm Swept Through

I often write about the ocean. I went to see a museum exhibit, yesterday, “Dutch Art in a Global Age.” The paintings of sailboats on...

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Categories: art, sea, storm,

CLERIHEW LI ecphrasis munch

Munch Red & White*
a perfect pictorial delight
An allegory of types of love some say
look&make of what you may...

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MIRO on the carpet

shock
  in. abundance
transitory
&  irregular
once
refashioned
in
random
  diversity
of
erotic
  existence
yet
deliberate
  innocence
of heart...

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SCAPIGLIATA

Softened
  blurred
&
   unfinished Scapigliata*
  with 
dishevelled hair
 an unidentified
 woman
    gazing downward 
her hair fills 
the eye 
...

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CIPHERS

ciphers of the unknown * A MIRO EKPHRASIS

 red dots,
a frog
blue
  coins
a violet fish
    in the deep blue
 rain falls
breathes
 in  black
  & love with rainbows
 spiral down
  to  caress
blue velvet
where
  yellow butterflies
reside
& poppies grow
&a red carnation
 bursts
  then smiles
at the crescent
 moon
 a drop of dew
    upon the shadow
of a spiders web
brush
the firmament...

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CLERIHEW L ecphrasis rossetti

Danr Gabriel Rossetti
sprinkled girls on canvas as confetti
Painting with sensuality
his muses as here* may see
...

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Perceived Vantage Point

This poem is inspired by Jeff Ripple's painting titled 'Stormy Weather'. You can find the link to the painting at the bottom of the page,...

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Categories: appreciation, art,

CLERHEW XLIX ecphrasis zecchin

Artist Vittorio Zecchin
the italian klimt paradigm
with alladin wedding scene
also with glass was supreme
...

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