Journey Ekphrasis Poems

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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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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Reluctantly
She shelters me
I don't wish to intrude
Her fragrance I must steal away
Bright lavender and oud

The pitter-patter
Of the rain
Disguising how my heart..
It flutters when she is...

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Inspired by the 1906 painting by Edward Hopper of an ornate stairway in Paris

Mouth agape, stood still in place
Embroiled in the elegance of this ornate...

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Inspired by the painting Shadows In Motion
by Ewa Czarniecka

Which shows people walking in heavy rain. The pallette used is all subdued colours mainly focussing on...

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Inspired by Two Chained Monkeys painted in oil on oak board by Pieter Bruegel the Elder in 1562.

Viewing the painting will make sense of the...

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The Starry Night
Van Gogh

Amid the indigo and cobalt hues 
Lay star after star with light diffused
Their endless journey continues after they cease
The final stroke of...

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Oh! Stream flowing unabated,
Pure and crystal clear,
Beside you our warriors stooped to drink,
Weary and worn out they were,
They had travelled miles, 
A journey from the...

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poses for posterity
    the human form
          in creative postures
 displaying 
  ...

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Inbetweeness 
    inwardsness
 in
     facsimile contrasts 

energy
     deployed innovatively

  an equilibrium 
of parallels...

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in to the wilderness
          wandering
           ...

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a circle of talk
awaiting
      remembered
         secrets
of yesteryear
alive
with surprise
    ...

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A gigantic sail looms, above the sea,
Anchored by steel braces, of creativity,
Start of a journey, from an island beyond the surf,
Into the hour, of the...

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Spawn of the arcane, glutted, she sprawls upon the sands 
of mythos. As victims, star-crossed lovers, outcasts,
we have all seen the traces of these nether...

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