Ekphrasis Poems | Ekphrasis Examples

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An ekphrasis poem is a form of poetry concerning itself with the visual arts, artistic objects, and/or highly visual scenes, but there is more to ekphrasis. What is ekphrasis in poetry (complete definition)?

Invisible Sculpture - Salvatore Garau

close you eyes for this open your hands tell me what you feel forget texture or shape tell me...Read the rest...

Sunlight in the Cafeteria - Edward Hopper

sallow confined to the shadow though his glance reaches across the void solvent so far in my averted gaze this man will not stop the sun falling on my face my air is purified, greyness swerves me salt cellars absorb...Read the rest...

Girl with a pearl earring

I’m struck by the stark contrast of her image which leaps out against a black background Meeting the gaze of her piercing blue eyes I find her so beautiful much more alluring than the Mona Lisa A colourful teal and gold turban hides her...Read the rest...

Invisble Po Oup, Num9Num9Num9, Orignal Concep

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Twin Mirrors Lichtenstein

there's a start and there's a stop trickier to...Read the rest...

We Rose Up Slowly Lichtenstein

I want to pour myself into you reciprocal medicine drink me in as I am swallowed up in the moment ...Read the rest...

Still Life with Pearls Lichtenstein

you can see anything you want to ...Read the rest...

The Storm Swept Through

I often write about the ocean. I went to see a museum exhibit, yesterday, “Dutch Art in a Global Age.” The paintings of sailboats on the sea caught my attention. Breathtaking and romantic, admired them...Read the rest...

CLERIHEW LI ecphrasis munch

Munch Red & White* a perfect pictorial delight An allegory of types of love some say look&make of what you may...Read the rest...

MIRO on the carpet

shock in. abundance transitory & irregular once refashioned in random diversity of erotic existence yet deliberate innocence of heart...Read the rest...

SCAPIGLIATA

Softened blurred & unfinished Scapigliata* with dishevelled hair an unidentified woman gazing downward her hair fills the eye with aesthetic demeanor & its mysterious captivating beauty ...Read the rest...

CIPHERS

ciphers of the unknown * A MIRO EKPHRASIS  red dots, a frog blue   coins a violet fish     in the deep blue  rain falls breathes  in  black   & love with rainbows  spiral down   to  caress blue velvet where   yellow butterflies reside & poppies grow &a red carnation  bursts   then smiles at the crescent  moon  a drop of dew     upon the shadow of a spiders web brush the firmament...Read the rest...

CLERIHEW L ecphrasis rossetti

Danr Gabriel Rossetti sprinkled girls on canvas as confetti Painting with sensuality his muses as here* may see ...Read the rest...

Bird in Space - Constantin Brancusi 1310

I am a bird in space despite not having my wings depicted I...Read the rest...

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