Beauty Ekphrasis Poems

Plush lips and a pouty face, 
still I can’t hear a thing you say;
Distracted by all the work done 
in the name of high fashion;

Now...

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There’s a story untold,
A mystery to unfold.

Even in her unfinished state,
Her beauty will forever captivate.

Da Vinci’s hand has started the task,
Her delicate face, unable to...

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Picaso streching a point"
perspective in a little disjoint
Model Francoise Guot
with the 'infamous' beauty spot...

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The Starry Night

Holding onto the iron window, gazing at Alpilles,
It's a magnificent night, filled with stars,
I wonder, is it possible? I'm on hills, 
Reaching the...

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Standing in front of this enormous masterpiece,
Seeing his life story as the layers release.

I wasn’t warned to expect a wonder so rare.
I guess I expected...

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Leonardo di ser Piero painted with such flair
especially 'The Lady with Dishevelled Hair'
This head of a woman(la scapigliata )to be sure
 with captivating beauty& a mysterious demeanor


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It’s not that I am languid, more that I am chagrined.
So disappointed to be met by this dreadful north wind.
I am on my way to...

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what percentage of the sun is madness
                 ~ of...

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Steel should slice through rust
The stringing should slice the fingers
There's no damage to either
Despite the tension
Everything is quite perfect
I'm the balance, not the weight
There is...

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It's pure excitement, on the edge
To know what I have, what I do - is admired
Creating from insight into pigment
Repeating, surrounding myself, you
My friend
This is...

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In the nighttime hours
As the world deftly creeps by
I summon my powers
Spread my wings and fly
Past cotton clouds,
Snow-capped mountains, white
I am lost and I am...

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I follow the curve of the land
  forging a way that was already dictated
   falling whilst shackled to endlessness
  becoming as...

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warhol's marilyn had everything
but just a flaw...
she  was ever  so unsure
hopper's lady
of the empy chair...
with such  sadness in her stare
michelangelo's girl 
..less...

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Of simple beauty is the grace
Of flowers painted in a vase

The petals painted pink are placed
Among the leafy stems well traced

As blossoms go, they know...

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