Not Necessarily Ekphrasis (NNE): Dares The Night

The poem

Clouds roll in
as the sun dips low
She surmounts
the hillock,
casts her shadow ‘gainst the sky,
…dares the night to come

 

Ekphrasis, boiled down, is art describing another work of art.  For poetry, the example most sites provide is John Keats’ “Ode on a Grecian Urn.”  I call this category of posts ‘Not Necessarily Ekphrasis’, because all of the poems won’t necessarily describe the pic on which they will be placed.  I may find the picture a good match for the mood of the poem, or it may actually be an ekphrastic poem.

Not Necessarily Ekphrasis (NNE): They Exhaled

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ekphrasis, boiled down, is art describing another work of art.  For poetry, the example most sites provide is John Keats’ “Ode on a Grecian Urn.”  I call this category of posts ‘Not Necessarily Ekphrasis’, because all of the poems won’t necessarily describe the pic on which they will be placed.  I may find the picture a good match for the mood of the poem, or it may actually be an ekphrastic poem.

Poem: The Skies Clear Over Heidelberg

The Skies Clear Over Heidelberg

The dark clouds break off,
cleansing waters giving way
to the evening sun
bathing the tranquil berg in
the warmth of its golden light.

Based on the comments on this photo on Heidelberg City‘s Facebook page, I think this is an evening sunset.  In my initial reaction to the photo, I used the word ‘morning’ instead of ‘evening’.  Luckily, both have two syllables and it was easy enough to swap.  The poetic form for this Ekphrastic poem is the tanka.