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An Amusing, Ekphrastic Sonnet

By D. J. ReddallPublished 3 years ago • 1 min read
Gabriel de Cool, "The Muse," 1895

Often, you seem to be writing for me

Bitter ethical pangs quickly ensue;

The blank page is crowded; how can this be?

I am but your instrument: it’s all you

Hearing voices is cause for real concern;

What about hearing just one, which you love?

If that voice teaches, and you wish to learn,

And it does not emanate from above

Or below, but from within, like a bell

That I am has been struck, and now it rings

And when the page is a silent, white hell

That voice appears, and an inky map sings

One vowel divides demon from daemon

It matters not, for your voice I rely on

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