Ecphrasis Poems | Examples

Premium Member 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

Premium Member CLERIHEW L ecphrasis rossetti

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


Premium Member CLERHEW XLIX ecphrasis zecchin

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

Premium Member CLERIHEW XLVIII ecphrasis waterhouse

John William Waterhouse
His Ophelia* not his spouse
but was Esther an artist in her day
exhibiting also at the R&A

Premium Member CLERIHEW XLVII ecphrasis rodin

Rodin so expresive
tactile & creative
in The Old Courtesan* en plein air
his  'intense truth' laid ' bare'


Premium Member CLERIHEW XLVI ecphrasis malevich

Prolific Kasmir Malevich
a diverse talent so very rich
'Resting*'with figuarative guile
a contrast with his abstract style

Premium Member BM ecphrasis XII piano

An  Einaudi 'Le Onde'*
                                           Ludovico waves his introspective wand

Premium Member CLERIHEW XIV ecphrasis kupka

Czech Frantisch Kupka
begaan his art  abstracta
with 'Piano keys* he found fame
creatives in the verticl plane

Premium Member BM ecphrasis XI piano

Swan Lake* by Peter Tchaikovsky for sure
                                                                         success after initial failure

Premium Member CLERIHEW ecphrasis XLIII maurin

Charles Maurin with talent to spare
an etching revolutionaire
His composition - allegorique*
best displays an enigmatic technique

Premium Member BM X ecphrasis piano

Rachmaniov 2nd movement of number 2* 
                                                                           a 'Brief Encounter**' 'emotes' into view

Premium Member CLERIHEW ecphrasis XLII hughes

Painter Arthur Hughes
in pre-raphaelite who' who's
'April Love'* a reverse ecphrasis
depicting a love affair in crisis

Premium Member BM IX ecphrasis piano

La Campanelle* by Franz Liszt
                                                        paganini with many a twist

Premium Member CLERIHEW ecphrasis XLI munch once more

Romantically symbolic for sure
Munch's metaphor takes the floor
here in the Dance of Life*
so many are especially rife

Premium Member BM VIII ecphrasis piano

A Well tempered clavier* by Sebastian  Bach
                                                                    .       motivated in Johann a creative spark

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