Best Ecphrasis Poems
Below are the all-time best Ecphrasis poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of ecphrasis poems written by PoetrySoup members
CLERIHEW ecphrasis V
Jean Francois Millet ,a realist
picturing peasants ,did not desist
Quiet time prayer 'The Angelus'*
more evangelical than strict religious
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ecphrasis, art, christian,
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Ekphrasis
CLERIHEW ecphrasis VIIPaul Gaugin simplicitiste
also an art theorist
He suggests painting from memory
of 'plein air' was uncomplimentary...
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ecphrasis, art,
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Ekphrasis
CLERIHEW ecphrasis VIRembrandt van Rijn
painted himself* as a sign
Over ninety 'selfies' as he aged
thus his ego was assuaged
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ecphrasis, art,
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Didactic
CLERIHEW ecphrasis XIDiezma's Still life 8 yards long
entitled 'Bodegon del Limon*
visual genesis of the past
suspended animation to last&last...
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ecphrasis, art,
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Ekphrasis
CLERIHEW ecphrasis IIIn the Fresco of Michelangelo Buonarotti
a touch from God's finger we see
Available now from Holy Spirit each day
if from Him we do not stray
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ecphrasis, art, christian,
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Ekphrasis
SL ecphrasis couplet ICala Lillies * painted by Charles Demuth
still life flowers as a living proof...
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ecphrasis, art,
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Ekphrasis
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ecphrasis, art,
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Ekphrasis
CLERIHEW ecphrasis XXXVI denisTheorist Murice Denis
ounder of the 'Nablis'
In his ' Muses of the Secret Wood *pieces
he put into pratice his art thesis...
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ecphrasis, art,
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Ekphrasis
CLERIHEW ecphrasis IXAugust Macke German Expessionist
clearly an 'art enigmatist'
'Lady in green'* an example thereof
full of wistfulness of a lost love...
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ecphrasis, art,
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Ekphrasis
CLERIHEW ecphrasis IVWilliam Holman Hunt of PRB
painted scripture Revelation 'three -twenty'
'Light of the World' * to Jesus' flock
listen ..do you hear His gentle knock?...
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ecphrasis, art,
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Ekphrasis
CLERIHEW ecphrasis XXIIBerthe Morisot* looking at you
the inner woman comes into view
An artist herself- an equivalent
with feelings so ambivalent...
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ecphrasis, art,
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Ekphrasis
CLERIHEW ecphrasis XXIEduard Manet au cafe
a typica scene of his day
Plum Brandy* for a 'happy-hour' gal
a 'break' in her nearsst 'locale'
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ecphrasis, art,
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Ekphrasis
CLERIHEW ecphrasis XIII
Oskar loved Alma's feminine charms
painted himself entwined in her arms
He entitled it 'Bride of the Wind'*
Mahler/Kokoschka talents twinned.
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ecphrasis, art,
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Ekphrasis
CLERIHEW ecphrasis XVThe talented Sandro truth to tell
painted a naked lady on a shell
T'was the 'Birth of Venus' fro. Ovid's story
filled full of allure & allegory
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ecphrasis, art,
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Ekphrasis
Categories:
ecphrasis, nature, god, garden, god,
Form:
Blank verse