BLOG #6: EKPHRASTIC POEMS

Art is created to express ideas and will often evoke a strong response in the viewer, so it is not surprising that poets have developed a particular genre of poem in response to art works. I have shown you two examples of this in the accompanying worksheet, but I have more in my poetry collection, Infinite Connections. That was inevitable, I guess, since I spent a year living in Florence where the Uffizi Gallery was virtually on my doorstep! Our own art galleries, here in Adelaide, provide wonderful inspiration for ekphrastic poetry. I hope you spend some time visiting some of them; I’m sure you will be inspired to write something in response to the artworks.