People Ekphrasis Poems

The Temptation of St Anthony

I entered the desert, 
took a vow not to speak 
Lucifer’s here too, hoping 
silent men grow weak 
My path seemed...

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kitsch
               crowded
         ...

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Written: May 03, 2025, for contest by Brian Strand

Olena Babak's artwork Spring's Easel Explodes Painting Shades


( It is more convenient to read the poem while...

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Sometimes the light's all shining on me
Other times I can barely see
Lately it occurs to me
What a long strange trip it's been, 

 from Truckin...

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A Seagull’s Lament

I have a bird’s eye view.
I am a seagull after all.
Where are all of the people?
Those nice tourists who fed me
french fries, buns,...

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I see a line of cars
And they're all painted black
With flowers and my love
Both never to come back
I've seen people turn their heads
And quickly look...

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DUCHAMP URINAL

toilette
to wet

LOWRY PEOPLE

matchsticks
in pics

HOPPER URBANITY
film stills
sans frills

...

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Friedrich Stowasser was Austrian born
some find is art a bit of a yawn
Hundertwasser moniker was his first choice
labyrinthine*his lyrical artistic voice...

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Cleopatra

   “How good it feels to stroke the finest linen
and to know that yarn spun from the drop spindle
came by planters, harvesters, and...

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crystallied moments
symbolized
in simplicity...

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DELLA FRANCESCA

meticulous mystery
so picturesque
en passant...

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When conflicts raise its ugly head real soon, 
our nations won’t inevitably swoon;
a time that real détente and peace attune.	
Some people still record the slights...

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stoic or mourning
in a time of depression
or keepers of secrets
with a hostile divide?

why daylit drawn curtains
made from fabric she's wearing
and 'mother-in-law's tongue'
on the porch to...

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minimalist miniatures
listen to the pause -
 silence is golden...

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expressions
of modern existence
uncovered in reality...

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