blind blind to herself delectable vision to others eyes sting her flesh her tender skin blotched with their leers she yearns to vanish her graceful demure discounted by the lechers discarded to strip toss her like dice in dirty games, to gamble her despised treasure away she stumbles drawn by call of falling water where…
Category: ekphrastic
24 SSPC 30 (3rd week) — Clear and Bright (April 4 – 18) Seimei — Spring Joy Sanctuary
Before getting into the prompt, I want to congratulate Colleen on her 10th anniversary of blogging on WordPress. Thank you for the care and attention you give to your blog and to those who gather here to create beautiful poetry. Also, congratulations on you and your husband’s 39th wedding anniversary. And finally, Happy Birthday in…
24 SSPC 22 (1st Week) Snow Becomes Rain (2/19 – 3/4) Usui
Shadorma Series Monet Ekphrastic morning breaks through with spirit song veil lifts, clear, no secrets, spring proclaims its arrival we all sing along melting snow from rooftop trickles to greening one season relinquishes icy grip spring sun blue cradle leave stale air take a walk with me! mottled green snow shadows we crunch along the…
dVerse — OLN 355 — Around the Bend* (Ekphrastic for Woman with Flowered Hat)
Woman with Flowered Hat by Jean Dupas Perfumed rainbow blooms within,masked without by strained repose;mind that’s gone around the bend. Destination some may know,riot ruffles, tongues that speak;masked without by strained repose. Normals titter, “dumb and weak,”blockish shades who cast awayriot ruffles’ tongues that speak volumes, writ large in red clay;poems hummed by honeybees.Blockish shades…
dVerse Poetics Ekphrastic — I am home.
María Berrío, Closed Geometry, 2022, paper collage and watercolor on linen Ears ringing, cheeks aflame ugly laughter echoes behind as I race thorough sedge to my kin. They are my family. They welcome me. With them I feel whole, my body small, airy in pink satin ruffles. They listen. They speak without words. With them I am…
Tanka Tuesday 328 — Lake Michigan Summer (ekphrastic micropoetry)
“Sun, Sand, & Sea”by Terri Webster Schrandt Sol white-out blinds, penetrates with rays of life and death. Sand bathes, swims, and flops out to air dry; then turns to scour skin. Lake, vast watering dish dragonfly dart from spray deer swim to drown ticks. Colleen Chesebro is the host of Tanka Tuesday. Colleen says: 🖋️…
Tanka Tuesday 325 Ekphrastic Senryu
final refreshment his grateful parched throat and eyes breath leaves in whisper artwork: A Cup of Water and a Rose by Francisco de Zurbarán prompt inspired by Rebecca Budd’s post: The National Gallery 5 Minute Guided Meditation . Colleen Chesebro is the host of Tanka Tuesday. Colleen says: • Read Rebecca’s post and watch the video….
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