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An ekphrasis poem is a form of poetry concerning itself with the visual arts, artistic objects, and/or highly visual scenes, but there is more to ekphrasis. What is ekphrasis in poetry (complete definition)?

VERSE FREED to ekphrasise

FLAMING JUNE an ekphrasis A flimsy negligee betrays her round shape- an honest innocence in becalmed deep sleep. After Frederick Leighton Copyright © Brian Strand | Year Posted 2007...Read More

Village on the Rhone

Beside the placid waters of the Rhone A classical village rises to meet the sky, The magnificent steeple an inverted cone Hoists a Saint Anthony’s cross to passersby. The placid waters of the Rhone reflect Tightly crowded flats along the...Read More

KNIGHT OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE

Weepers with hoods — tear-stained, faceless. Dirge monks with shields. Knight of the golden fleece on a slab in requiem. The silent mouth of Cicero. Fell in love with this funereal piece — Tomb of Philippe Pot with life-sized pleurants. His hands steepled in...Read More

MAXED OUT

The blushing beauty doesn’t want to be noticed? She wears a peacock in her hair...corkscrews, ringlets, spirals everywhere. Yellow, orange, bluebirds, hearts exuding happiness. The X’s and O’s on the lipstick-colored wall exposed. Her lemon shoulders lift in flirtation. She’s a...Read More

CIRCUITOUS DREAM

Hare in the sky — supersonic planes. One child waves, her brother sleeps on the saddle. Reindeer, leopard and horsie - of course, floating above the carousel. A reasonable conclusion nevertheless an argument ensues. I only hear the music of the...Read More

ENGLISH SCHOOL

Greyhound but a vague puzzle piece Included in this English School. The cynophilist unearths fur On the edge of the frame, the hunt For the breed, the breadth of the pet. Lace shawl nets cornucopia — The lady’s pink, white,...Read More

Superman

A cartoon he flies over cities saving the world from reality Child abuse 200,000 dead humongous tariffs concentration camps money laundering with Russians el fato dictator with out the tator laughing stock trillions of debt science denied witches in the Whitehouse grabbing privates cause he brags he can , he...Read More

INTENSITY

compact forms subtle a sketch simpified ...Read More

DOUBLE tetractys ABSTRACT

my eye was attracted to the Blue nude by the intensity of colour- the image triggering stark sensations drawn by the simple abstract shape....Read More

ABSTRACT me a ROTHKO

Step up close into the field of colour breathe in and dream colour fills our...Read More

an ARRESTED moment

drop by drop into the unconscious mind nature worked from the inside ...Read More

MONET me

the complex becomes simple ...Read More

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Definition | What is Ekphrasis in Poetry?

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