Many thanks to Merril for tonight’s prompt from dVerse, where she asked us to do an ekphrastic poem. It was not as painful as the name might suggest. I decided, also, that I’m quite fond of writing ekphrastic poems so you all may be in for it. 😉
My poem is based on this artwork:
Dancing in the Wind
The tanks and the jeans and the short shorts billow in the breeze, scheming and yanking careening and hankering for escape, cavorting for adventure but censured by the girdle for their fertile wonderings, while thundering clouds consider to amp the damp as the dress pirouettes like a ballerina dancing in this arena but sadly badly as one must to a folk song blowin’ in the wind. Sascha Darlington 3/1/2022
Yes, it does seem that they are straining for an escape! Love your take!
So visual
Nine lines of poetry that provided the sensation of utter delight! I danced my way thru it ~~~~
That made me smile 🙂
This was a delight, Sascha! I love how the girdle was disapproving, and the final line made me laugh.
This is absolutely stellar writing! ❤️❤️
Delicious use of language to describe the items of clothing…from scheming to cavorting and all in-between…thank you for those moments of literary relief..
Thank you so much. 🙂
such a wonderful piece! 👏👏
Beautifully and eloquently done!
I love the way you describe the clothes having a mind of their own.