Ocean Ekphrasis Poems

there's always a hand in mine
anchoring me solidly to the ground
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Should I look up, I see it all clearly
The route, the goal, the possibilities

To be cradled and lie on fluffy pillows
Or perhaps impossible dreams

Then there's...

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I find myself here
following the night
       did I plunge to the depths
become reborn -
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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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Do you see the frame or the cage?
Step beyond and into this: a rare and colourful bliss,
island of calm in an ocean of rage...
Yesterday, the...

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Only a loving parent can feel,                   ...

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Inspired by Rooms By the Sea by Edward Hopper.

Obscure the eyes provide more to feel
The energy from the ocean meets zeal
My mind expands within this...

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Inspired by Marc Chagall's La Baie des Anges (The Bay of Angels), 1962. 

Viewing the lithograph will make sense of the poem

Blinded by the blue
Then...

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Inspired by: The Eye of the Lord (1870) painting by Georgiana Houghton.

 The painting should accompany the words 


My eyes are heavy
As if covered by...

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"Girl with a Pearl Earring" is an oil painting by Dutch Golden Age painter Johannes Vermeer, dated c. 1665. Going by various names over the...

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Fishing Boats On The Beach at Les Saintes - Marie’s-de-la-Mer

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brilliant brushstrokes of a masterly mind,                     
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wandering ship
             scintillating moon
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Poetic Penmanship
   Rhyming
     Stories 
  Format 
    Emotions
Narrative
  Verse
A picture of the ocean
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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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