If you follow the source link in the caption below the image, you’ll discover that this painting was used as a screen in a fireplace. The idea was to make it look like there was another room beyond the hearth….
Grapes, Lemons, Pears and Apples – A Poem
I was inspired to write this poem by the intensity of van Gogh’s colours, and in particular the brushwork of the tablecloth. It seemed to me as if the fruit are falling into hyperspace, or are themselves experimenting with gravity…
Auntie – A Poem
I’m finding a lot of synchronicity with this ekphrastic poetry series. Or it could just be that I’m drawn to art which infuses everyday activities with quiet dignity. The artist here is James McNeill Whistler, he of Whistler’s Mother. He’s…
For the Cubists – A Poem
The artist here, Ben Benn was a pioneering modernist. Born in 1884 in what is now known as Ukraine, he migrated to America with his family and settled in New York, where he first exhibited in the early 1900s with…
Dinner Favors – A Meditation
Spreading positive vibes with poetry, and music. I find making these “meditations” inspiring and uplifting, too. It’s beautiful to connect to old words. Words: Arthur Macy (1842-1904). Poem in the public domain. Images: PexelsMusic: YouTube Library Here is another meditation.
Apple Haiku
I was particularly struck, not just by the concentration in this young woman’s face and demeanour, but by the notes on The Met website (see link in Source in the caption below). The painter Nicolaes Maes deliberately veered away from…
Meadow and Orchard Meditation
Spreading positive vibes with poetry, and music. I find making these “meditations” inspiring and uplifting, too. It’s beautiful to connect to old words. Words: Edward Shanks (1892-1953). Poem in the public domain. Images: PexelsMusic: YouTube Library
The Milkmaid – A Poem
This famous painting by Vermeer is the subject of many analyses, some of which you can find on the Rijksmuseum site here. I just wondered what the milkmaid might be thinking. More of my ekphrastic poetry here. More on free…
Sprinkle and Drizzle Meditation
I’ve been posting these videos for several months over on Bluesky for a bit of fun. For technical reasons, I decided the best way to compile and share is through YouTube. I’m slowly building up the library on YouTube (slowly…
Merrymakers in an Inn – A Poem
This poem is an apostrophe, and by that I don’t mean a punctuation mark! Excuse me if you already know this!😃 In grammar, apostrophes either indicate possession, or they stand in for missing letters . As literary devices, apostrophes also…
