Poem up at the Ekphrastic Review
My prose poem Passing, inspired by “After the Storm”, by Istvan Farkas, below, is posted on The Ekphrastic Review today.
It was before and then it was after. The ground was reflected in the monochromatic sky, rising in the disappearing drizzle, held momentarily by the scattered light. The canopy could not be breached, not even by the unveiling here and now.
You can read the entire poem here.
My thanks once again to editor Lorette C. Luzajic for supporting my work and the interaction between the visual and written arts.
Congratulations 👏👏
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Thanks Susan.
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Congratulations, Kerfe. Liminal and crow whispers–you know I love that.
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Thanks Merril. It was interesting to see how my feeling tied into the artist’s history. The painting has a lot to say I think.
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Yes it does.
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Congratulations: you’ve captured the mystery of the painting so well. I tried to respond with poetry but nothing very inspiring came out so I didn’t submit in the end.
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Thanks Ingrid. I haven’t submitted in awhile, but this painting spoke to me. Of course I often submit and don’t get published as well…I think Lorette gets many many submissions these days. It’s hard not to get discouraged by rejections, but there are lots of factors besides the quality of the work involved in publishing.
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I realised that myself as I went through the anthology submissions!
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Beautiful and Intriguing. Still having trouble accessing the link but it’s a problem my end I think. It usually opens eventually.
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Thanks Jude. Computers have their own mind sometimes.
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Intriguing, it does feel exactly like that.
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Your poem is lovely, Kerfe, but very poignant. I love the inspirational painting too.
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Thanks Robbie. It’s an emotional image I think.
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Wow, that’s so beautiful! MAZAL TOV!
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David
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Thanks David.
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Considering the last years of his life, and how it ended, your words ring with a truth that should not be forgotten.
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Thanks Ken. Strangely, I did not know that history until I read Lorette’s post. But somehow I picked up on it through the painting.
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