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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)?

Dreamers Adrift on Waft Canvas

Near ocean surf, buds bloom. Duet-sashay in silky dress. Side to side sway of locks. Teeny feet in tall grass. Brunette and strawberry blonde. Pinwheel-limbs like pale ballerinas. Midnight-bare without glass, Fairy-soles in overgrown freesia. Sisters in momentum of glee. Brushed eyes, opened and...Read the rest...

Music - Klimt

the intricacies of losing myself are plentiful as well as beautiful any background can take over but not affect the wall may grimace and disapprove I'm elsewhere, in my moment may never return I won't look stone in...Read the rest...

OP ART a poetic

 Op Art   dynamic visual leverages to actively   engage with   precise striking   effects of dots   lines     manipulation of perception in skillful    ever-changing arrangements to   vibrate interaction  & contrast & engage   focus &interactive   experience in immersive   encounters...Read the rest...

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MY GESTURAL ART

AN OPEN FORM bold  expressive applied spontaneity of   visceral feelings intricate &   unpredictable evolving  organically a physical engagement energy & emotions in & of the moment gestures processed   in a sense   of chaotic    immediacy...Read the rest...

Riverside - Marc Chagall

somewhere a thought is projected dappling on all present did it start inside my skull? I don't ask but it bounces into a counter argument tussles start all completely invisible to the naked eye are invisible things real?...Read the rest...

WOLS ekphrased

WOLS Tachiste  blot & stain spontaneous  moments literal   compulsive unrecognised yet long lasting in memory's     eye ...Read the rest...

GRANDE JATTE ekphrased

SEURAT GRANDE JATTE EKPHRASED Colour intermingled  divisions    juxtapose & complement a supposed  ‘as is’ moment  dot..  by dot..  promenade    activity frozen forever...Read the rest...

PALMER POEM PIC

PALMER EKPHRASIS the Shoreham     garden scent of blossom fills   a white blaze of spring in a profusion of clouds an extravaganza of stylised  enigma proliferates before   the eye  &    stays imprinted Inspired by Samuel Palmer’s in  A Shoreham Garden 1827...Read the rest...

Stained Glass Window - Odilon Redon

pierce this gloom glass can hold stone & stone can hold glass both hold my...Read the rest...

Thunderstorm at the Shore - Wenzel Hablik

what nourishes and washes away are...Read the rest...

Les peupliers bleus - Andre Brasilier

expend effort to stay still to let all around me cool a calm exterior quell outward sign of distress I'll meander I can run, I can run, I can run! ~ if I need to ~ there's no immediate threat this day's...Read the rest...

High Notes for Low Clouds - Duy Huynth

I can't merge with the atmosphere Nor breathe in the stratosphere My feet are off the ground But I'm still tethered Get me away from here! My mind obliges I levitate half of self skywards Maybe that's...Read the rest...

Henri Michaux - Untitled - draft

Space me out, spread and stretch my wings Graft me onto the aerial view to be snapped open feathered eyes to elongate, excavate skies to subterranean, conclave indecision, restless waiting Eye to eye, we look for...Read the rest...

Sunset Fires, Winslow Homer

details are missing except shadows & flames drawings with colour still skip several frames I can't gaze upon faces or touch work worn hands I am not really there so I don't understand my heart sinks in reflection as remaining light...Read the rest...

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