Brian Strand Poet Ekphrasis

Notes About The Poem

Read aloud here

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jy4bDWO2z2A

Hopper Metaphors of Silence

it is 
    what it is
without narrative
isolated
    moments
       of figuration
sunlight 
        on a wall
frozen 
        in time

conversations
      of unheard voices
stillness +
         paradox
commune within
the
    interplay of
             imagination
in
studies 
     of loneliness

emblematic
        silences
soundless symbolism
saturated
      with suggestion
soft realism
    of the inner life
gestates

cries 
    on canvas
forever before
              our eyes
juxtaposed
drip
    by
        drip
into
melancholy

an empty chair
      a sad stare

it is
     what it is

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Constance La France February 11, 2020 at 10:18 AM Brian, beautiful and I love your layout _Constance Brian Strand February 11, 2020 at 10:26 AM Yes Constance,a satisfying form to both write and read as it stays so fluid allowing different interpretations.

Justin Bordner February 6, 2020 at 1:48 PM There is a beautiful zen quality to this poem of isolated awareness within the great All of things Poet. I like how the momentum of thought is carried by the ebb and flow of the line breaks. A FAV!...J.A.B. Brian Strand February 6, 2020 at 2:28 PM Thank you Justin,the Hopper world melds wel with the open form.Cheers