Summer Ekphrasis Poems

No
mirror
of the soul-
Archimboldo's
art,
more
satire
by cartoon
on nature's still
life

The
old man
dies a death,
youth arrives with
Spring-
with
a blaze
of passion
Summer takes a 
Fall-
and 
decays-
in Winter
dark ages
call


Inspired by Archimboldo's Seasons paintings...

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silhouettes &
                blurs
become simple
detail
disintegrates
out
of
focus

      ...

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Calm, cool mornings
Blessed with sunlight’s whisper,
Birds crooning softly in the distance,
Breathless dewdrops sliding hastily over
A petal, treasuring the promise of rain,
Hesitating then pouring down from...

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Only a loving parent can feel,                   ...

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The rocks were warm, hard, embers
of the summer day sun.
The air was calm, balmy, thick and syrupy.
The sea a mirror, shimmering with 
gentle sky sparkles...

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

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Café Terrace (Coffee House) In Arles, France

Beneath stars of heavenly grandeur,
In a café, romance prospects dwell brighter.
Patrons entertaining escapades of camaraderie,
Charismatically whisper away the evening.

Visible...

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*lemon tree filled*
*with colorful melody*
*blubbering    hearts*
*and lumbering   luminosity*
*it’s countenance cheering upward*
*ferocious in it joyful cacophony*
*spreading wide its branches*
*buffet of pluming...

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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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El Paso, Texas
 desert landscape
  mountain tops
   cactus’s so green
     sand storms
      dry...

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effervescent swirling clouds
in turquoise summer skies
float like flocks of fair sheeps
in far away exuberant fields

beneath are cyclopean cypresses
touching celestial bosom
in deep periwinkle and corn flower
whilst...

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old tracks
 to
      the water edge
  a
    thatched cottage
a river a harbour a boat

with
  ...

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Mesmerised 
My eyes are glued
I take in every detail
His sea	
His sky
His movement 
I hear the sounds
Pervade the air
As if myself
As if I’m there
I’m standing back
So...

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the
      complex
becomes
                simple
  ...

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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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