From Susan Trofimow's #ekphrastic poem 'The Lion in the Room':
'Almost too late, the light arrived –
coming from a window I couldn’t see.
The lion had drawn himself closer,
and with him the scent of cream.'
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When I launched my first online poetry journal @iamb.uk in February 2020, I included myself among its initial 20 poets. I've so far resisted the temptation to feature my own work in my second journal @afterpoetry.com. That changes tomorrow, with the publication of this tribute to poet Kathryn Bevis.
From Leia Butler's #ekphrastic poem, '1000-1' ...
'We are swapping secrets,
In the leaves,
In the trunks,
In the petals,
//
(There are 754 pieces left)'
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From Kate Vanhinsbergh's #ekphrastic poem, 'Brief Visit to a Barcelona Sex Castle':
' ... this whole castle clings
to the glottal step of the gy,
the glassy-eyed fantasy
of fucking some sugar junkie ... '
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From Winifred Mok’s #ekphrastic poem, ‘Lisa’:
‘I try to sit still. I imagine my own hand at oil painting, curves of his face, the sfumato of sunlight through glass.’
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