Katrina Morrison of Oklahoma is our host today for Ethicalela.com’s November Open Write, Day 5. She challenges us to write Ekphrastic Poetry, or poems about pieces of art. I chose a painting my father recently gave me by Margaret Keane, famous for her Big Eyes paintings (there’s a movie, too). This one is entitled After the Storm. Special thanks to Two Writing Teachers, too, for giving writers space to share through Slice of Life.
Arkphrastic pairs of every kind must have felt fearful relief when the door opened after the great flood a lone dove fluffs its feathers we're finally here! under the rainbow hope painted in the heavens for fruitful futures elephants trumpet the platformed walk: arrival! just look at those eyes!
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So much to love and admire here! It took me several readings to notice your clever title. And the use of repeating “f” words: “felt fearful relief” and more. A lovely poem to accompany a beautiful artwork.
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Wonderful painting – wonderful poem. May we all have “fruitful futures.” Happy Thanksgiving.
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Kim,
I enjoyed reading your poem here. Love the playful title, and this stanza is my favorite:
under the rainbow
hope painted in the heavens
for fruitful futures
So many lovely phrases “hope painted in the heavens” wow
and “fruitful futures”
Wonderful!
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