Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Girl before a Mirror by Pablo Picasso 1932 - an Ekphrastic Poem

 My sixth poem for 2023 in the Deadlines for Writers group is due today. It was to be Ekphrastic or Acrostic. I chose Ekphrastic (about a piece of art.) 


She stands before a looking glass

And sees a woman weak and frail.

Hot orange tears carve a path

Down cheeks so gray, so gaunt, so pale.

 

“Oh Self,” she cries, “I feel your pain.

I know the chaos deep inside.

Take my hand, we’ll forge a chain

No mortal force will dare divide.”

 



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