Happy National Poetry Month: April!
Today’s prompt: courtesy of Robert Lee Brewer ‘Poetic Asides’: write an ekphrastic poem, which is a poem inspired by art (typically visual art).
You could take a photo or collage, a painting or print, a sculpture or music as your inspiration. You could also check out the visual prompts Living Poetry has provided in the past.
Let’s get movin’!
Living Poetry 
Rothko, White Over Red
I float between the soft rectangles,
caressed by ivory tufts
and Carolina clay,
happily trapped in the tranquility
of soft edges and calm thoughts.
I am mesmerized
and cannot keep from smiling
for reasons I don’t understand.
Time slows down
and the worries of the world subside.
It gives me much more than I expected
and asks so little in return.
Rothko is the violet
to Pollack’s red,
a spectrum away,
but all a part
of the same bright shining light.
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Posted by wolf bolz | April 6, 2016, 11:29 PM