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Ekphrasis Poems | Ekphrasis Examples

Ekphrasis Poems. Examples of Ekphrastic and a list of new poems in the correct poetic form and technique. Share and read short, long, best, and famous Ekphrasis poetry while accessing rules, format, types, and a comprehensive literary definition of an Ekphrasis.

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)?

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. . . . . . .EN PLEIN AIR . . . . . ....Read the rest...
Categories: art,
Form: Ekphrasis



Premium Member CLERIHEW ecphrasis XLII hughes
Painter Arthur Hughes in pre-raphaelite who' who's 'April Love'* a reverse ecphrasis depicting a love affair in crisis...Read the rest...
Categories: art,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member Still Life with Table Lamp, Lichtenstein
Sometimes the information just stops It's all squared off, but it feels too little Perhaps we can't trust what we see Maybe everything is between the lines All I need for this image is stored already I've read that paper...Read the rest...
Categories: art,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member Roots and Dandelion Dreams: A Mother's Heart
Roots and Dandelion Dreams: A Mother's Heart - Daniel Henry Rodgers At dawn's first blush, milkweed pods, burst with a sigh, A feathery shower of, silk sending secrets... on the wind's soft cry. Yesterday, a crown of fragile pink,...Read the rest...
Categories: heart, love, mothers day,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member word U S P VIII matisse
. . . . . . C U T E cut-outs * . . . . . . . ....Read the rest...
Categories: art,
Form: Ekphrasis



Premium Member CLERIHEW ecphrasis XLI munch once more
Romantically symbolic for sure Munch's metaphor takes the floor here in the Dance of Life* so many are especially rife...Read the rest...
Categories: art,
Form: Ekphrasis
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. . . . s t u d i e s * . . . . . ....Read the rest...
Categories: art,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member CLERIHEW ecphrasis XL munch again
Violinist Eva Mudocci appears in the 'Brooch'* as you can see One of many of his models perhaps they were cuddled as well...Read the rest...
Categories: art,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member CLERIHEW ecphrasis XXXIX munch
The 'Voice-Summer night'* Edvard Munch first love at sight Milly ever on his mind a dalliance of the romantic kind...Read the rest...
Categories: art,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member BM VI ecphrasis piano
Scumann's creative piano technique* ...Read the rest...
Categories: music,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member CLERIHEW ecphrasis XXXVII osbert
Symbolist Alphonse Osbert painted with post-impressionist flair in his 'Evening antiquity' * his poetic visuals were set free. ...Read the rest...
Categories: art,
Form: Ekphrasis
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Chopin noctune opus 2* ...Read the rest...
Categories: music,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member CLERIHEW ecphrasis XXXVI denis
Theorist Murice Denis ounder of the 'Nablis' In his ' Muses of the Secret Wood *pieces he put into pratice his art thesis...Read the rest...
Categories: art,
Form: Ekphrasis
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Mozart No 20 DK 466* ...Read the rest...
Categories: music,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member CLERIHEW ecphrasis XXXV munch
Edvard Munch's work often neurotic His 'Madonna'* is much more specific A typical recurring theme the artist's extrovert dream...Read the rest...
Categories: art,
Form: Ekphrasis

Specific Types of Ekphrasis Poems

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Definition | What is Ekphrasis in Poetry?

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