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An Ekphrastic epiphany

3/13/2020

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 An Ekphrastic epiphany ​
While driving to yoga class this morning, I was listening to NPR (yeah, I’m that guy) and they were discussing “ekphrastic poetry”. I thought “How fascinating”. (Actually, I thought what the...?)

Turns out, an ekphrastic poem is a poem describing a work of art. The term comes from the Greek word for “description”.
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So I thought, “I’ll write a haiku about one of my paintings”! (Yep, still that guy.) Here goes...
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There you have it. That’s my poem. If you have a poem about this work, or any other, post a pic and a poem in the Comments section. Let your ekphrasis flag fly!​

Until next time...
drj
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