From the Spring issue of Peninsula Poets.
Hey Good Lookin’ / Mary Merlo
Category: Member Poem
Prompt: An Ekphrastic Poem
Ekphrastic poetry: sounds complicated. It’s not. Ekphrastic art pays homage to another art form. In the case of poetry, we write a poem, taking our inspiration from a work of art. Use a painting or a photograph.
Do not spend any time describing the work of art. Enter it. Become part of it. Use details but let your imagination run amok in the art work. There is no right answer but your answer. – Elizabeth Kerlikowske
Below is an example from The Ekphrastic Review by one of our PSM members.
Autumn Haibun / Patricia Barnes
I Thought You’d Like to Know / Joe Kelty
A member poem from the Spring issue of Peninsula Poets.
Volunteer with Baby on Back / Li C. Tien
A poem from the spring issue of Peninsula Poets.
Virga / Claire Scott
Another poem from the spring issue of Peninsula Poets.
A Pleasant Thought of Mortality / Iris Lee Underwood
From the Spring Issue Peninsula Poets.
Georgia O’Keefe’s White Clouds / Sophia Rivkin
From the Spring 2020 issue of Peninsula Poets. We’ll be posting something every couple of days.
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Well, this wasn’t supposed to happen.
Where do things go,
the sock missing from the dryer,
the dog’s squeaky toy,
the missing set of keys,
that original copy of a birth certificate
you need to renew your passport?
Is there really a mystery place
where lost things gather?
Is that what purgatory is?
Where is heaven?
Where did love go?
Once it is lost
will we ever see it again?
David Jibson
Ann Arbor, Michigan
