Art Ekphrasis Poems

Inspired by The Lovers (IV), 1928
By René Magritte 

Lost in a moment
Unconcerned by all I don't know
There is no embrace, though there is connection 
The...

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decorative
   graffiti
en plein air...

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in half tones
patterns of dots
so densely packed...

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fragmented form
subtly arranged 
in the analytical
...

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up close
 so near so far
 yet personal...

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Whiskers That Free

Inspired by the painting Magdalena Ventura with Her Husband and Son by Jusepe de Ribera, 1631.

The painting shows a bearded lady with her...

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the immovable

scuptured

to meet the eye...

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idee fixe
can be no more
to say next day...

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visual poetics
in a
neo expression...

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mystery&melancholy
metaphysical flows
juxtaposed...

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commonplace

delicate colours

 on display...

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crystallied moments
symbolized
in simplicity...

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Hate, hateful hate, how doth thy poison spread
A venomous fang within the human heart
That doth darken all thoughts of light instead
And tears friends and lovers...

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free flowing
organics
encapsulated...

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a la Courbet
social realism
sans inhibition...

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