In an interview, Mary Jo Bang described her own approach to
ekphrastic poems: “I am taking an existing work of art and rewriting
over it. I’m imposing a new narrative on it, one that is partially
suggested by the artwork itself and partially by something that comes
from within. Sometimes that thing is an autobiographical moment,
sometimes it’s a larger concern, social or political or intellectual.”
Write
a poem in three stanzas that is based on an image or work of art. In
the first stanza, focus solely on description. In the following stanzas,
take your own approach: you can continue to describe, impose a
narrative on the scene, or reveal something about yourself or the
artist. In revision, pay careful attention represent all of the senses
in your description.
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