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Life Ekphrasis Poems

These Life Ekphrasis poems are examples of Ekphrasis poems about Life. These are the best examples of Ekphrasis Life poems written by international poets.


Premium Member CLERIHEW ecphrasis XLI munch once more
Romantically symbolic for sure
Munch's metaphor takes the floor
here in the Dance of Life*
so many are especially rife...

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Premium Member SL ecphrasis couplet X
Ten Foot flowers* by Andy Warhol
his 'still life period ' on a roll...

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Premium Member 1304 Female Head La Scapigliata C1508 - Leonardo Da Vinci Painting
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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Premium Member SL ecphrasis couplet VIII
Marc Quinn's 'Nurseries of El Dorado'*
bronzed still life chromed patina show...

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Premium Member SL ecphrasis couplet VII
Time after time- Blow-up 15*
Ori Gersht original still life scene
...

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Premium Member SL ecphrasisi couplet VI
David Hockney iphones flowers each day
so his untitled* still life never stray...

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Premium Member SL ecphrasis couplet I
Cala Lillies * painted by Charles Demuth
still life flowers as a living proof...

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Premium Member The Halusinating Toreador by Salvador Dali - 1970 Contest 1302
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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Premium Member CLERIHEW ecphrasis XI
Diezma's Still life 8 yards long
entitled 'Bodegon del Limon*
visual genesis of the past
suspended animation to  last&last...

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Premium Member The Sun, Edvard Munch
what percentage of the sun is madness
                 ~ of...

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Premium Member CLERIHEW eckphrasis III
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George Frederick Watts was led
to 'paint ideas not things' he said
'Love&Life' * a good example
symbolism to see&sample...

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Premium Member Death and Life - Gustav Klimt - 1286
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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Categories: dance, death, life,

Premium Member the water fairy Ida Rentoul Outhwaite 1921
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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A Sincere Distrust of Figs
In every apple, an atom resides; 
in every Adam, an apple abides. 

So it goes and goes, apples 
toppling off tables in rhythmic waves, 

falling...

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Categories: fruit,

Premium Member The Fanch-Interior with Women
Standing on my head
looking up at the trees
and the sparkling sky

When it’s dark I don’t see
the ship float by nor
the tsunami sea

Upside-down women
on either side
of...

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