Tuesday, 30 September 2014

My ekphrasis poem

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I wonder if some sunny afternoon
You spilt a can of yellow paint 
On white as snow 
Twelve by eighteen
New canvas paper

I wonder if you said “Oh no!”
And left if it there to sit 
Promising to clean up later.

You probably came back and saw
A whimsical design 
Of drying paint 

In rush 
You splattered red and purple 
On the floor 

It was a game

Three hours later 
It was dark outside 
The clumsy spilt
Turned into rainbow full of colors

And those drop-looking things
Of purple, red, and blue
You called them salmon 

And yourself-an artist.

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