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)?

Domenico Gatti - Purita

I arise from my field of wishes stillness caught in the absence of a breeze where dandelion seeds forget how to fly I've been dazed half a lifetime...Read the rest...

Why Cant I see You

Where Are You Purple grass waves in the gentle breeze Violet leaves live on the tall tree White laced ivy inter-twines Light blue skies are devine Puffy clouds float by This field of rye Why can’t I See you Here ...Read the rest...

The Last Leaf at Myrtle Beach

The Last Leaf at Myrtle Beach All alone he holds on for who knows what. Others like him have all gone. The sand is his only friend. He is unattached with no commitments. Red with embarrassment about his predicament. Waiting for the...Read the rest...

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Winter Scene

The most baby blue, two-storied house; baby blue chimney; and milk-chocolate-brown rooftop. A whimsical triangle pine, in front and ‘longside the home, seems to be atop a hill, newly covered in pearl-gray white snow. Spheres of snow, descending and...Read the rest...

Seagull's Lament

A Seagull’s Lament I have a bird’s eye view. I am a seagull after all. Where are all of the people? Those nice tourists who fed me french fries, buns, hamburgers, hot dogs. A real gourmet’s delight. What am I going to...Read the rest...

Refuge

Refuge Darkness surrounds me. No moon or stars to guide me. I am lost with no hope. The path is narrow and the journey long. Perils and predators lurk in the black forest. In the midst of my gloom, I stumble...Read the rest...

A TRIO OF COUPLETS -3-

Dante Gabriel Rossetti famed for his femme fatales some of whom were more than just his 'pals' Frederick Leighton also adept@ art politic&diplomacy nothwithstanding his 'ladies' portrayed so temptingly Nathaniel Bacon posed vegetables artistically alongside a 'model' so erotically...Read the rest...

A TRIO OF COUPLETS -2-

Paul Klee made a painting of poetry unique & in rectangular geo-me-try Charles Demuth with a reverse ekphrasis made WCW figure 5 his innovative art thesis Yours truly 'kindled' the emagi a reverse ekphrasis digitally...Read the rest...

A TRIO of COUPLETS

chuck close used a painterly style         photo faces with abstract guile George Stubbs uniquely fine    in painting all things equinine Georgia O' Keefe so novel so new     flowered in an intimate close-up view ...Read the rest...

Black Day

I see a line of cars And they're all painted black With flowers and my love Both never to come back I've seen people turn their heads And quickly look away Like a newborn baby It just happens everyday Paint It Black by...Read the rest...

Return

Homeward bound I wish I was Homeward bound Home where my thought's escapin' Home where my music's playin' Home where my love lies waitin' Silently for me Homeward Bound by Simon and Garfunkel Return I feel you in my...Read the rest...

Ivory Flakes

I drop into a Dresden dreamworld salvation came and fear fluttered away peace and harmony evoke heaven as a stock still image before my eyes within this sleep I must steady my view foster a need to wake before I...Read the rest...

Untitled Gray with Spoon - Jasper Johns

the curve of common beauty how it catches the eye creates a reflection captures yet sets you free ...Read the rest...

Ends - Wheatfield with Cypresses Van Gogh

Without a skeleton of ash, there would be nothing - a charcoal outline, cheating the mortal coil beneath the colour. Creativity and visions carry us, just proud of the knowledge of our bones,...Read the rest...

Can We Avoid It?

Don't you understand what I'm trying to say Can't you feel the fears I'm feeling today? If the button is pushed, there's no runnin' away There'll be no one to save with the world in a grave Take a...Read the rest...

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Definition | What is Ekphrasis in Poetry?

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