An ekphrastic shadorma
long unclothed boughs expose posh homes; the rustle that distracts but a young housemaid's apron strings shyly swish-swish
d’Verse poetics: The Landscape Sleeps
At d’Verse, writers are encouraged to select one of four paintings and write an ekphrastic poem (in any style or form) inspired by that work of art.
I selected John Atkinson Grimshaw’s ‘A November Morning’ (1883):
Let’s write poetry together!
When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
–Ben Harper (b. 1969)
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Oh, I like this very much! You said so much in a few words, David. โค๏ธ
๐ thanks, Punam ๐
So many places my brain goes between these lines. Nice piece David โค
"the rustle
that distracts"
๐๐๐ป LaToya ๐๐ป๐ ~ thank you
well captured words with the photo David!!
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๐๐๐ป Cindy, thanks ๐๐ป๐
Great work and love the last line ‘strings shyly swish-swish’
๐๐๐ป Ange ๐๐ป๐
Love the minimalist expression here David, and the singular focus on sparsity โ with two tasteful bits of onomatopoeia. Excellent representation of the image.
๐๐๐ป Rob ๐๐ป๐
This is so amazing how you managed like slight of hand, to make it all about reading between the lines. Your careful word choices from unclothed to those strings… well… U sly dawg u! ๐
Truly a great poem David that for me makes the painting more interesting and decidedly suggestive!
๐๐๐ป Kincaid ๐๐ป๐ ~ much appreciated. Thank you ๐
Luv how the sounds play out in this poem
Much๐love
๐ Gillena ๐ ~ thank so much!