Time Ekphrasis Poems

Time after time- Blow-up 15*
Ori Gersht original still life scene
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I had fun brushing the sky, with its impeccable blue,
then a sweep here and there of cloud’s silvery lining.
A few waffled spots amplified the intensity...

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when you are soaked wet through
        ¿is that the bones of you visible?
   do we need...

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"show me your face"
growls subside upon revelation 
does your countenance veil mine?
I see beyond sight and temporality 

still full of sorrow, though drawn in
indisputably realised...

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Jean Francois Millet ,a realist
picturing  peasants ,did not desist
Quiet time prayer 'The Angelus'*
more evangelical than strict religious


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  all time stopped
        ravenged* by what had gone before
a chance given to take a breath
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I breathe in your out breath
exhalations spare from death 
mouth to mouth resuscitation 
my existence just a fabrication
   drumming on the optic nerve
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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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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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Perhaps I'll never utter another thing of interest
Face outwards, think inwards
Enjoy bread and wine 
Just like others do
The sky will bring joy
I just need to...

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I'll buy the drinks, that's all that I'm saying
All evening long, don't think about paying
This speed dating lark, it has me in bits
You talk, I...

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I can't gather everything together
    too much of me, of everything 
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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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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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Self-Portrait 1-12-24
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Still Life with Cheeses, Almonds and Pretzels

Still life, not stillborn,
With a woman’s face
In dusky background hues,
 Pure clarity clothed in white,
Gazing on gastronomic abundance.

Artist...

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