Death Ekphrasis Poems

I breathe in your out breath
exhalations spare from death 
mouth to mouth resuscitation 
my existence just a fabrication
   drumming on the optic nerve
...

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The Fighting Temeraire
I lead this Queen to a guillotine
She follows me with dignity and grace
all English oak and 98 guns.
I am an unsuitable escort for...

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Life and Death in two separated clusters, Klimt draws conflicts.
The serenity of his cycle of life is bright in pure color, he depicts.
A modern dance...

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It's all me
How I perceptualise 
I place the chalice of expectation within reach
Then plead with my shadow for just one sip
I myself project the watchers,...

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I'm not there to see
but I know I'd be grabbed
even from this distance of 3336 miles
I feel it

there's an enormity in the words
'Four Darks in...

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just drink from the cup
as the river of oblivion flows
some try to stand in stagnant waters
others cocooned by the edges
seeking a cure from the inevitable

I...

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No
mirror
of the soul-
Archimboldo's
art,
more
satire
by cartoon
on nature's still
life

The
old man
dies a death,
youth arrives with
Spring-
with
a blaze
of passion
Summer takes a 
Fall-
and 
decays-
in Winter
dark ages
call


Inspired by Archimboldo's Seasons paintings...

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Oblong outlines of a soul
Stretched in elliptical misery
Redefines the perfect circle
To a breakable volatile tautness

Loosely cloaked in sheaths of epitonic blue
Draped upon the shrinking body...

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Painting by Edvard Munch, 1895: "Moon Light"

your soft hand trembles in mine
no words are spoken
we observe our ascending full moon 
as we have every month...

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"Inspired by  The Sick Child by Edward Munch 1907  Oils on Canvas." The Poet

Motif etched first then done in hues of green,
Light embracing...

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In the shadow of the night, a woman stands,
Her eyes, as chilly as the winter's winds,
Her hand raised high, a sword in her hand,
Her face,...

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I stand alone, though I see another
Frequenting dark corners shouting 'other'
Cloaked in shadow, or a shadow become
Out run, out run, out run, out run

We dance...

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The painting of "The Sick Child" by Edvard Munch (1863-1944)
was painted in 1907, oil on canvas, 46.4 inches by  47.2 inches
or 3.8 feet...

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I leave the auction sick, my mettle frayed
A ghost, I fear, in oil clutched near my side
No doubt, a ghost for which I've dearly paid!
How...

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When love is torn asunder and there is nothing left but dissent,
a lover's heart will be shattered, mortally wounded and rent.
In a relationship that was...

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