Christian Ekphrasis Poems

Jean Francois Millet ,a realist
picturing  peasants ,did not desist
Quiet time prayer 'The Angelus'*
more evangelical than strict religious


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In 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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Ending
Of lentern endeAvour
Cross Shaped suffering
The resurrected breath of ChrisT
So Everyone is saved by the 
Returning...

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His silhouette lines up with his preacher stretch.
He points with avid attention to the throne of God.
Though he stands, his skinny knees are bent.
He’s in...

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A
young lad,
apprenticed
and learning the
trade-
holds
steady
his candle-
a light into his
world....

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Edvard Munch
 An Ekphrasis Stylized Poem of Jealousy 

Oh, ancient Oden!  
I summon your primitive hand.
Take this oiled brush I hold,
and order my strokes...

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In the fury of the moment I can see the master's hand
In every leaf that trembles, in every grain of sand …Every Grain of Sand...

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Only a loving parent can feel,                   ...

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Inspired by the painting Night in Saint Cloud painted by Edvard Munch (1890) following the death of his father. His father, Christian Munch, was a...

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A
young lad,
apprenticed
and learning the
trade-
holds
steady
his candle-
a light into his
world.


an ekphrasis after Georges de la Tour's painting...

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The word "martyr" comes originally from the ancient Greek legal term for "witness", for someone who gives testimony or evidence in a court of law....

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master of preparation
with
  pen& brush
latent energy
      sparked 
         by
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Fra Angelico Sermon on the Mount
Jesus and his tight knit group
the pristine sculptured scene
breathtaking and serene
a halo light surrounds the head
of keen ears leaning in
it’s...

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The ocean on the rocks
cannot reach...
Rays from the cliffs
beseech...
A vine coiled ‘round
a stake...
The true vine —
make no mistake!
Before my eyes reach
the sea,
I only see the...

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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...

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