Jim Healey Poet Ekphrasis

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(Entry for the Ekphrasis on Album Cover Art Poetry Contest, sponsored by Dilly Dally, submitted March 12, 2025)

(Legend: 1978 album by the American country-rock band Poco)

Thinking About Legend

Truly a masterpiece of 'less is more',
a distinct album cover one should explore.

Little more than a handful of lines
of a galloping horse - minimal design.

A form so neat, so deft, so clean,
cutting a fine figure, suggesting a shape unseen.

It later became the de facto logo
of the American country-rock band Poco.

The red eye - a solitary splash of color,
small yet distinct on the mostly white cover.

Ten letters on the front - not exactly wordy;
beautiful cover - just don't get it dirty.

The image projects tremendous energy,
but the mostly mellow music brings back pleasant memory.

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