What is ekphrastic haiku

Corine is a member of the British and American haiku societies. An engineer turned writer. Blogger is an ongoing scheduled blog of my featured and published haiku. Short stories : published in a UK based English magazine. The painting was destroyed, in a fire I think, and I have seen only a black and white photograph of it in The Story of Art Gombrich, , and also an enhanced colour image of it on Wikipedia.

Alex Katz Lincolnville Labor day David Hockney. The haiku foundation. FB account yourjapanesetutor which discusses many facets of the language from the viewpoint of a foreign learner. Narcissus, Caravaggio. His book: Deeper Into Winter. My website is www. Ekphrasis Between Image and Word. Paintings by Maria Pierides. Haiku responses by Stella Pierides. ISBN Iliyana Stoyanova. Mondrian's windmill. Peter Doig:. Paperback: pages. Wonderful guest Patricia McGuire has provided us with an intriguing ekphrastic response to a famous artist - see links to George Segal further down.

Patricia McGuire. Patricia says:. I think that qualifies as ekphrasis, but you might think differently, and you are the expert. I Alan said: "Well, even before I looked up the particular artwork, I got an instant spark off the verse. The opening line :. We can immediately form an impression with the first line, and some readers will see an artist, some may see a decorator.

There is that concrete image, the names of everyday things, and a painter is a common sight where houses are being built or renovated. We also see the artist works of painters in various gallery shops, and also shops that sell greetings cards of famous paintings. The second line :. I can imagine someone swaying on their feet, in between full sleep and a blurry wakefulness. I've been there myself, especially working a 23 hour day! I remember watching bio-pics of the famous artists, how they laboured long into the night, and collapsed through exhaustion, and perhaps strong liquor.

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