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An Ekphrastic Sonnet

By D. J. ReddallPublished 3 years ago • 1 min read
"Painting Breathes Life into Sculpture" by Jean-Leon Gerome 1893

As you contemplate the figure you made

The making of your figure’s on parade

The layers of creation cascade:

Made, you are making, as your maker bade

Masks, statuary, paintings surround you

This room is a gallery of fictions

Patrons clamor to your creations view;

Your art satisfies their predilections

As your creator satisfied my own

By conjuring you with colors and lines

When brush strokes canvas or bright glass is blown

An idea mere matter sculpts and refines

Writing about a painting of your art

In ink, where you were finished, I must start

Ekphrastic

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D. J. Reddall

I write because my time is limited and my imagination is not.

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    Written by D. J. Reddall