Art Ekphrasis Poems

all things are covered over
given texture, rather than context
so much so that it all becomes hard to believe
until you realise, you didn't need to believe...

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the last moment of perfection 
 is never savoured
        it feels it will be there
   ...

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though cut, nothing yet dies
life is full, fresh
enough to sustain weight
enough to envelope 
as we deceive/discover ourselves
believe there is no drop
despite that, the moon falls
obscures,...

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you never have to chop me open
      my mind/thoughts splay out readily
some version of knowing me, gifted
   then...

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you can't resist my skin
      let me fall into my
          ...

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close you eyes for this
     open your hands
  tell me what you feel
       ...

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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...

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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...

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there's a start 
                     ...

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

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you can see anything you want to
                  ...

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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...

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

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

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