Here is my Day 22 poem using the napowrimo.net prompt: Write a poem that engages with another art form.
I wrote this poem while looking at the image below (which I drew on April 13th), and listening to a couple of ECM recordings: Dallëndyshe, by the Elina Duni Quartet, and What was said, by Tord Gustavsen with Simin Tander and Jarle Vespestad.
An ekphrastic poem based on Panel 11 of Jacob Lawrence’s Migration series.
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An ekphrastic poem, inspired by Peter Juvonen’s painting, Mexican Hat Dance.
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An ekphrastic poem, inspired by Peter Knox’s painting, Erolla.
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An ekphrastic poem, inspired by Yang Xiaobin’s photograph, Pace-ism.
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An ekphrastic poem, written in shadorma form, inspired by the film adaptation of Woman in the Dunes.
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An ekphrastic poem, written in shadorma form, inspired by Peter Juvonen’s The Jester’s Dream.
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It is a new month, meaning time to come up with a new challenge. After looking at a few different things, I settled upon the shadorma, a six-line form with a syllable count of 3/5/3/3/7/5. My initial effort using this form is an ekphrastic poem, inspired by the Richard Lester version of The Three Musketeers.
An ekphrastic poem, inspired by Lu De’an’s painting The Great Return—Lao Zi.
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An ekphrastic poem, inspired by Yan Li’s painting Self-thinking.
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