Goodbye Ekphrasis Poems

HEROES IN EXILE
By Kyile Jacquin Carter  

waiting is about knowing
writing is about visions of self expression
identity is about place or time, Immigrants lives which...

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Only a loving parent can feel,                   ...

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Inspired by the woodcut, Kiss IV, of himself and Tulla Larsen, held in an embrace. Produced after the end of a 4 year troubled yet...

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Blue Thoughts of You
Here I’m sat gazing into space
Picturing that magnetic face
It’s been so long since your goodbye
Never knowing the reason why.

Suddenly the bubble had...

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coruscating cosmic colours
dazzling in the skyline~
prismatic geometric shapes
of village houses from afar 
dwarfed by enormous haystacks
a fiery cone resting 
illuminating in varied hues
reminds me of...

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saffron shafts of sun~
behind lofty heights
of faded silver and sapphire
veiled by the hazy fog
spell prelude to  dusk

faded titanium bridges
are galloping white horses
crossing the river...

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You left early without a goodbye
I miss the sweet missives 
Those feelings tried to deny
My heart perfect way to express.

Love note every day enlightens the...

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A painted sky 
The sun says goodbye
Clouds colour dark blue and red
The light leaves the night instead

A jet liner draws a white line
Straight and true...

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Goodbye.
Alone, and sad. He swings.
Fearing a future, dreading his past. 

What comes next? What happened?

His eyes full of a thousand years worth of the pain...

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What of the girl sitting next to him,
	blood and blood,
	the same empty stare,
The coagulant dust, like mud,
	drying
	against these leather orange seats.
"My baby, my baby,
	tafali, tafali...

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Amethyst

From the depths within the deepest wells
 Amidst our friendship
 A confection of sorts
The darkest of all that dwells
 A blissful taste of blindness 
...

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I had a mother once, twice, a third would be too much.
A sickly mother with her hands all shriveled, and feet cold.
The fingers were long...

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WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

What if?
What if I said I’m fuc*ING finished doing it all?
What if I said I won’t be there to pick you up...

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Get me, from the ghetto, I say.
Here I wish, like in Alice’s day.
Emergent, is my complete plea.
Take me away, please set me free.
Tears have been...

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