Let’s try an ekphrastic poem today. What does this photo represent for you? I can’t wait to read your interpretations.
What’s Your Interpretation? National Poetry Month April 28 2020
Tag: ekphrastic
What Inspires You – National Poetry Month April 7 2020
Image by Martyn Cook from Pixabay
Today’s prompt is what is known as an Ekphrastic prompt where an image is used as inspiration for a poem. Taking a look at the above photo what thoughts come to mind?
You may also like to check out Robert Lee Brewer’s Poetic Asides prompt or NaPoWriMo.
If you like ekphrastic poetry you might want to check out this site: ekphrastic.net
Feel free to share in the comments or tag if you would like to share what you wrote.
Eye of the Storm
Searching Within
within the iris
deep within the calming soul
oceans stir to calm
Seeking the Source
taking task with life
opening the eyes for depth
waves within rush forth
Finding the Answers
bracing for the storm
what appears to be most calm
is stirring life’s force
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Thank you to Susi Bocks for her dedication to the “IWH Haiku/Senryu Challenge”
Stones of the Graveyard
Photo by Toa Heftiba on Unsplash
Stones of the graveyard
Once lived in the hills yonder
Where the owls hooted
at night
Still, you can hear their longing
For that place they once called home
Oh, why did they take
All those stones from the mountain
Making it a platte
of water
Only to rest around death
Leaving souls to wonder why
Could they not see
That which is natural stone
Had a place to be
Called away from nature’s home
Crumbling for the last of life
Only death could find
A better way to live than this
Ashes forth and gone
Leaving the life instead for
Many birds and many songs
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This is in response to the Living Poetry December Visual Poetry Prompt
Perhaps you would like to join in.
Palomino Ponderings – Yes, Those are Skates
Source: Unknown
Percy Wonders About Skating Through Life
Perhaps it will work
Percy thought he would skate by
hooves had other thoughts
Would They Know His Sneaks
Sneaking through the barn
Percy wondered if they’d see
he was sliding by
Passing for A Fido
Percy thought he could
simply pass for Fido’s spots
skating out home free
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There you have it! This is my attempt to respond to the ekphrastic challenge for this week’s “IWH Haiku/Senryu Challenge”
