Thursday, April 27, 2017
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Poetry Based on Art
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.
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.
Saturday, April 22, 2017
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