You w a t e r e d the barren wasteland of a sterile mind. Your words seeping into arid crevices Saturating fissures deepened suffusing w i d e n e d cracks with the most tender of truths. And as the lilac bells of Springtime toll you sow a seed for each of my dreams - feed them, with thoughts with feelings with hope Until their roots find foundations, set themselves d e e p burrow within an enlivened consciousness. Your love nurtures these fertile fields, caresses the fragile flora blossoming within a world of possibility; where colours dance upon the scent of reverie, carried upon the whisper of a Zephyr; your very nature willing this mind to bloom.
Today, Ekphrastic poetry is defined as being ‘poetry written about works of art’. This is the first of its kind for me since my MA!
Examples: (to name but a few!)
My Last Duchess - Robert Browning
Ode on a Grecian Urn - John Keats
The Starry Night - Anne Sexton
Duane sent me this gorgeous piece of art over the weekend, I instantaneously fell in love with it.
It didn't take long for me to offer to write to it…
This is more than a little unusual for us! Every Friday, I post a poem that Duane has created a piece of art for - this week was something different, something of a challenge, something new.
I LOVE where the experiment took us! I felt far more creative than usual - there is much to be said about changing up routine and process!
Thank you for working with me!
You used a formatting style that is a favorite of Anne Carson. Lovely!
Wow, both pieces are gorgeous! Great work, both of you!