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An Ekphrastic Sonnet

By D. J. ReddallPublished 3 years ago • Updated 3 years ago • 1 min read
Ramon Casas, "A Decadent Young Woman After the Dance," 1899

So many spines ache for your warm caress

That of a slim, yellow novel has won

For the nonce, but I suspect your largesse

Is greater still; shall we two have some fun?

Imagine my novel, along with me:

Is it a piquant, bodice-ripping yarn?

A tale of pristine, noble chivalry?

A plunge into a remote, icy tarn?

For you, I will conjure a thousand worlds

And people them with princes or paupers;

A galaxy of worlds woven from words

Will teem for you with heroes and monsters

So long as you will read what I have writ

I will pour out my blood to complete it

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