Ekphrastic Poetry
Ekphrastic Poetry is, in essence, poetry about art. (Here’s the Poetry Foundation’s definition.) As it happens, I am on the board of a small non-profit art gallery, which offered a workshop on Ekphrastic Poetry in April 2022. I was inspired by that workshop and by the art to begin a weekly post. The practice was so enjoyable, I decided to keep it up as long as possible. Here they are, in reverse chronological order. ( Where the poem’s title differs from the painting’s, I have included the painting’s title in parenthesis. Artists’ websites are linked to their names.)