Art Gallery Reflections* Poetry Month Tribute Part 2...

After posting some of the images from my night on the town @ Guichard Gallery, in my last update at Pen & Prosper, I found a few additional creative pieces that were overlooked. The photos are included here.

As an outcome, I became inspired to challenge myself to try my hand at writing an Ekphrastic Poem. I've actually written hundreds of poems in different styles and structures, over the years. But, never this kind.  

What is an Ekphrastic poem? You might ask.

According to Oregon State University College of Liberal Arts: "Ekphrasis is a literary description of art. Like other kinds of imagery, ekphrasis paints a picture with words. What makes it different from something like pictorialism is that the picture it paints is itself a picture: ekphrasis stages an encounter between representations in two mediums, one visual and one verbal.

One of the oldest examples is Homer’s long description of Achilles’ shield in the epic The Iliad."

In simpler terms, it's a poem written as a response to a work of art. It typically focuses on things like color, texture, composition. 

If you would like to compose your own Ekphrastic poem, here are some tips to optimize your efforts:

https://martyncrucefix.com/2017/02/03/14-ways-to-write-an-ekphrastic-poem/

 Wish me luck! Happy National Poetry Month.