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The manifesto (a poem)

2016/09/28 — Leave a comment

An ekphrastic poem, inspired by Yang Xiaobin’s photograph, Deng-ism.
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‘…and the tea’ (a poem)

2016/09/27 — Leave a comment

An ekphrastic poem, inspired by Peter Juvonen’s painting Tea in the Conservatory and the Pet Shop Boys movie It Couldn’t Happen Here.
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged arrows, barbs, ekphrastic poem, hallucination, party, poem, poetry, remarks, September 2016, shadows, spoons, teacups, wildlife, window. Bookmark the permalink.

Sweetness and light (a poem)

2016/09/26 — Leave a comment

Thanks to the interwebs, I got to see and hear most of Lush’s in-studio performance on KCRW this morning as it happened. It also happens to be a sunny day in my neck of the woods.
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged air, ekphrastic poem, energy, isolated, Lush, poem, poetry, sounds, sunlight, warm. Bookmark the permalink.

Empty world (a poem)

2016/09/25 — Leave a comment

An ekphrastic poem, inspired by the photo I shot outside of VALA Art Center on September 16th.
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The page is a reminder (a poem)

2016/09/24 — 1 Comment

An ekphrastic poem, inspired by a diary page posted by Ksenia Anske.
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged dreams, ekphrastic poem, journal, memories, poem, poetry, September 2016, writing. Bookmark the permalink.

One breath, another breath (a poem)

2016/09/23 — Leave a comment

An ekphrastic poem, inspired by Frank Perry’s album Zodiac.
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged breath, ekphrastic poem, poem, poetry, September 2016, silence, solitude, sound, space. Bookmark the permalink.

Blood tales (a poem)

2016/09/21 — Leave a comment

An ekphrastic poem, inspired by a painting by Shiraga Kazuo, viewed online at http://natalielomeli.blogspot.com/2013_01_01_archive.html.
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged blood, ekphrastic poem, flush, numbers, poem, poetry, September 2016, smear, stain. Bookmark the permalink.

The price of admission (a poem)

2016/09/18 — Leave a comment

An ekphrastic poem, inspired by a painting by William Turner, viewed online at http://ekphrasticassimilations.org/william-turner-2/.
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged ekphrastic poem, gaze, poem, poetry, September 2016, stare, unspoken bond, woman. Bookmark the permalink.

The Imperial Hotel Physical (a poem)

2016/09/17 — Leave a comment

An ekphrastic poem, inspired by photographs of Hi Red Center’s Shelter Plan (1964).
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged boxes, clock, ekphrastic poem, fear, measurements, midnight, photographs, poem, poetry, purpose, September 2016, umbrella. Bookmark the permalink.

The wall, alone (a poem)

2016/09/16 — Leave a comment

An ekphrastic poem, inspired by the painting ‘Fugue’, by Lu De’an, at VALA Art Center in Redmond, WA.
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged blemished, decayed, ekphrastic poem, poem, poetry, relic, remnant, September 2016, wall, weathered. Bookmark the permalink.

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