Not sure it is, Bill. I find a lot of ekphrastic poems faro literal in their reeling the ‘story,’ so to speak the painting (etc) has already told.
How to get at the actual ‘work’ of art, I think…
Doug
> On Sep 26, 2018, at 5:00 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Ekphrasis is something that eludes me, Barry, or at least my skills are not
> up to it. I have submitted poems based on one work of art two or three
> times to an annual ekphrastic event in Eltham, Victoria but never get a
> gong. Those gonged, it seemed to me, were intent on spelling out what they
> see, which I found rather constricting. There were exceptions of course but
> maybe the fault is in me.
>
> Bill
>
> On Thu, 27 Sep 2018 at 1:23 am, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> Ha: it sure is, Barry.
>>
>> For those of us who care — & wonder…
>>
>> Doug
>>
>>> On Sep 26, 2018, at 8:22 AM, Barry Alpert <
>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Previously Lost Googlism, Snapped & Cropped
>>>
>>>
>>> Ekphrasis is proudly powered by wordpress mu running on student life
>> newspaper.
>>> Ekphrasis is a poetry journal looking for well . . .
>>> Ekphrasis is dead?
>>>
>>> Ekphrasis is "one of the keys to difference within language . . .
>>> Ekphrasis is notional . . .
>>> Ekphrasis is made equivalent to audience . . .
>>> Ekphrasis is the literal . . .
>>> Ekphrasis is at . . .
>>> Ekphrasis is in this book; moreover . . .
>>> Ekphrasis is not.
>>>
>>> Ekphrasis is designed to produce a viewing subject.
>>> Ekphrasis is similar to a translation.
>>> Ekphrasis is a strenuous effort.
>>> Ekphrasis is Homer’s long description of the shield made by Hephaistos.
>>>
>>>
>>> Barry Alpert / Rockville MD / 09-26-18 (9:53 AM)
>>>
Douglas Barbour
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