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Read an exclusive new #ekphrastic or βafterβ poem each new and full moon.
Subs are open Oct 1stβ31st annually for the following year.
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Subs are open Oct 1stβ31st annually for the following year.
Why not also enjoy quarterly sister journal iambapoet.com?
Created and curated by @markantonyowen.com
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Β· 6d
'The Cut' by Suzi Feay | After...
Read ekphrastic poem 'The Cut' by Suzi Feay in After...
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Celebrating the 100th #ekphrastic poem on After...
'I am a knife. I cut meat.
I am in a painting. I cut space.
The form was dreamt before the fact.
Mirror image, mirror act.
Grooved in your life-line
I lie in your hand;
I am a sign in your mind ... '
afterpoetry.com/poem/jan-03...
'I am a knife. I cut meat.
I am in a painting. I cut space.
The form was dreamt before the fact.
Mirror image, mirror act.
Grooved in your life-line
I lie in your hand;
I am a sign in your mind ... '
afterpoetry.com/poem/jan-03...
A new feature comes to @afterpoetry.com: an A-Z poet finder! If you know a particular poet has appeared in the journal but can't recall in which year, this page will help you. All 100 poets (so far) are now searchable alphabetically by first name.
afterpoetry.com/a-z
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Poets A-Z | After... Poems inspired by other art
Find a poet in online ekphrastic poetry journal After...
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January 6, 2026 at 9:45 AM
A new feature comes to @afterpoetry.com: an A-Z poet finder! If you know a particular poet has appeared in the journal but can't recall in which year, this page will help you. All 100 poets (so far) are now searchable alphabetically by first name.
afterpoetry.com/a-z
afterpoetry.com/a-z
Celebrating the 100th #ekphrastic poem on After...
'I am a knife. I cut meat.
I am in a painting. I cut space.
The form was dreamt before the fact.
Mirror image, mirror act.
Grooved in your life-line
I lie in your hand;
I am a sign in your mind ... '
afterpoetry.com/poem/jan-03...
'I am a knife. I cut meat.
I am in a painting. I cut space.
The form was dreamt before the fact.
Mirror image, mirror act.
Grooved in your life-line
I lie in your hand;
I am a sign in your mind ... '
afterpoetry.com/poem/jan-03...
'The Cut' by Suzi Feay | After...
Read ekphrastic poem 'The Cut' by Suzi Feay in After...
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January 3, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Celebrating the 100th #ekphrastic poem on After...
'I am a knife. I cut meat.
I am in a painting. I cut space.
The form was dreamt before the fact.
Mirror image, mirror act.
Grooved in your life-line
I lie in your hand;
I am a sign in your mind ... '
afterpoetry.com/poem/jan-03...
'I am a knife. I cut meat.
I am in a painting. I cut space.
The form was dreamt before the fact.
Mirror image, mirror act.
Grooved in your life-line
I lie in your hand;
I am a sign in your mind ... '
afterpoetry.com/poem/jan-03...
Final #ekphrastic poem of 2025, and a second consecutive outing for poetry inspired by the work of Frank Auerbach.
'For two years he has worked her
rich in black and white,
scraped her back to canvas,
ghost and bone.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/dec-20...
'For two years he has worked her
rich in black and white,
scraped her back to canvas,
ghost and bone.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/dec-20...
December 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Final #ekphrastic poem of 2025, and a second consecutive outing for poetry inspired by the work of Frank Auerbach.
'For two years he has worked her
rich in black and white,
scraped her back to canvas,
ghost and bone.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/dec-20...
'For two years he has worked her
rich in black and white,
scraped her back to canvas,
ghost and bone.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/dec-20...
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So happy to have this poem up on After... Poetry, for a few reasons:
More than any other art I've seen in recent years, Auerbach's charcoal heads have stayed with me.
I'm pretty sure it was either the first or second ekphrastic poem I wrote (really should do more).
I've waited a year for this!
More than any other art I've seen in recent years, Auerbach's charcoal heads have stayed with me.
I'm pretty sure it was either the first or second ekphrastic poem I wrote (really should do more).
I've waited a year for this!
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Β· Dec 4
What to do with scraps of light found in our battle with life's darkness. Victoria Spires makes this #ekphrastic poem from a Frank Auerbach drawing.
'Suggestible of something rending, something
Far from abstract β the exquisite flash
Of pain, as private teleology.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/dec-04-...
'Suggestible of something rending, something
Far from abstract β the exquisite flash
Of pain, as private teleology.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/dec-04-...
Read New Ekphrastic Poem 'Lightfastness' by Victoria Spires exclusively in After... | Poems Inspired By Other Art
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December 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
So happy to have this poem up on After... Poetry, for a few reasons:
More than any other art I've seen in recent years, Auerbach's charcoal heads have stayed with me.
I'm pretty sure it was either the first or second ekphrastic poem I wrote (really should do more).
I've waited a year for this!
More than any other art I've seen in recent years, Auerbach's charcoal heads have stayed with me.
I'm pretty sure it was either the first or second ekphrastic poem I wrote (really should do more).
I've waited a year for this!
What to do with scraps of light found in our battle with life's darkness. Victoria Spires makes this #ekphrastic poem from a Frank Auerbach drawing.
'Suggestible of something rending, something
Far from abstract β the exquisite flash
Of pain, as private teleology.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/dec-04-...
'Suggestible of something rending, something
Far from abstract β the exquisite flash
Of pain, as private teleology.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/dec-04-...
Read New Ekphrastic Poem 'Lightfastness' by Victoria Spires exclusively in After... | Poems Inspired By Other Art
afterpoetry.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
What to do with scraps of light found in our battle with life's darkness. Victoria Spires makes this #ekphrastic poem from a Frank Auerbach drawing.
'Suggestible of something rending, something
Far from abstract β the exquisite flash
Of pain, as private teleology.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/dec-04-...
'Suggestible of something rending, something
Far from abstract β the exquisite flash
Of pain, as private teleology.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/dec-04-...
Rebekah's Wolman's #ekphrastic poem celebrates Pacita Abad's reinvention of her 'birthbody'.
'to imagine your self design your self assemble
your self this collagebody construction of paper
pulp scraps foil playing till dawn in the workshop'
afterpoetry.com/poem/nov-20-...
'to imagine your self design your self assemble
your self this collagebody construction of paper
pulp scraps foil playing till dawn in the workshop'
afterpoetry.com/poem/nov-20-...
Read New Ekphrastic Poem 'artbody' by Rebekah Wolman exclusively in After... | Poems Inspired By Other Art
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November 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Rebekah's Wolman's #ekphrastic poem celebrates Pacita Abad's reinvention of her 'birthbody'.
'to imagine your self design your self assemble
your self this collagebody construction of paper
pulp scraps foil playing till dawn in the workshop'
afterpoetry.com/poem/nov-20-...
'to imagine your self design your self assemble
your self this collagebody construction of paper
pulp scraps foil playing till dawn in the workshop'
afterpoetry.com/poem/nov-20-...
DON'T SEE YOUR POEM LISTED?
Don't panic!
Yours could be among the small number of poems chosen as reserves.
Remember, if your poem isn't picked as a reserve in 2026, you're GUARANTEED publication in 2027.
Keep an eye on your email inbox later this week. ππ€π»
Don't panic!
Yours could be among the small number of poems chosen as reserves.
Remember, if your poem isn't picked as a reserve in 2026, you're GUARANTEED publication in 2027.
Keep an eye on your email inbox later this week. ππ€π»
November 16, 2025 at 9:15 AM
DON'T SEE YOUR POEM LISTED?
Don't panic!
Yours could be among the small number of poems chosen as reserves.
Remember, if your poem isn't picked as a reserve in 2026, you're GUARANTEED publication in 2027.
Keep an eye on your email inbox later this week. ππ€π»
Don't panic!
Yours could be among the small number of poems chosen as reserves.
Remember, if your poem isn't picked as a reserve in 2026, you're GUARANTEED publication in 2027.
Keep an eye on your email inbox later this week. ππ€π»
**CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!!**
Today, @afterpoetry.com reveals which poems it will publish throughout 2026.
Picking 17 poets from more than 130 submissions was no easy task β so well done to all who made it through selection.
Are you in? Here's where to find out ...
afterpoetry.com/index/poems/...
Today, @afterpoetry.com reveals which poems it will publish throughout 2026.
Picking 17 poets from more than 130 submissions was no easy task β so well done to all who made it through selection.
Are you in? Here's where to find out ...
afterpoetry.com/index/poems/...
All Poems | 2026 | After... Poems inspired by other art
See the full index of ekphrastic poems published by After... in 2026
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November 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
**CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!!**
Today, @afterpoetry.com reveals which poems it will publish throughout 2026.
Picking 17 poets from more than 130 submissions was no easy task β so well done to all who made it through selection.
Are you in? Here's where to find out ...
afterpoetry.com/index/poems/...
Today, @afterpoetry.com reveals which poems it will publish throughout 2026.
Picking 17 poets from more than 130 submissions was no easy task β so well done to all who made it through selection.
Are you in? Here's where to find out ...
afterpoetry.com/index/poems/...
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Wonderful to have this poem featured on the night of fireworks and a full moon. My grateful thanks to @markantonyowen.com for this opportunity.
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Β· Nov 5
Miscarriage is shattering. More so, losing hope of bearing a child. This @louisepoetical.bsky.social explores in her #ekphrastic poem after Kahlo.
'I embrace her longing
as a shade of black
that fractures the ivory,
give comfort for her
bone-shattered aching ... '
afterpoetry.com/poem/nov-05-...
'I embrace her longing
as a shade of black
that fractures the ivory,
give comfort for her
bone-shattered aching ... '
afterpoetry.com/poem/nov-05-...
Read New Ekphrastic Poem 'Aunque la mona
se vista de seda ...' by Louise Longson exclusively in After... | Poems Inspired By Other Art
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November 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Wonderful to have this poem featured on the night of fireworks and a full moon. My grateful thanks to @markantonyowen.com for this opportunity.
Miscarriage is shattering. More so, losing hope of bearing a child. This @louisepoetical.bsky.social explores in her #ekphrastic poem after Kahlo.
'I embrace her longing
as a shade of black
that fractures the ivory,
give comfort for her
bone-shattered aching ... '
afterpoetry.com/poem/nov-05-...
'I embrace her longing
as a shade of black
that fractures the ivory,
give comfort for her
bone-shattered aching ... '
afterpoetry.com/poem/nov-05-...
Read New Ekphrastic Poem 'Aunque la mona
se vista de seda ...' by Louise Longson exclusively in After... | Poems Inspired By Other Art
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November 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Miscarriage is shattering. More so, losing hope of bearing a child. This @louisepoetical.bsky.social explores in her #ekphrastic poem after Kahlo.
'I embrace her longing
as a shade of black
that fractures the ivory,
give comfort for her
bone-shattered aching ... '
afterpoetry.com/poem/nov-05-...
'I embrace her longing
as a shade of black
that fractures the ivory,
give comfort for her
bone-shattered aching ... '
afterpoetry.com/poem/nov-05-...
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Itβs nearly midnight! πββ¬ π Get those poems in now! A submission opportunity. If you qualifyβapply!
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Β· Oct 31
Poets, @afterpoetry.com's month-long annual submissions window is almost over.
More than 115 of you have sent in your previously unpublished 'after' and ekphrastic poems β the highest number of subs of any year so far!
Not sent in YOUR poem yet? Don't leave it too late ...
afterpoetry.com/submit
More than 115 of you have sent in your previously unpublished 'after' and ekphrastic poems β the highest number of subs of any year so far!
Not sent in YOUR poem yet? Don't leave it too late ...
afterpoetry.com/submit
Submit to After... | Poems inspired by other art
Send a new, unpublished 'after' or ekphrastic poem to After... throughout October 2025
afterpoetry.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Itβs nearly midnight! πββ¬ π Get those poems in now! A submission opportunity. If you qualifyβapply!
Poets, @afterpoetry.com's month-long annual submissions window is almost over.
More than 115 of you have sent in your previously unpublished 'after' and ekphrastic poems β the highest number of subs of any year so far!
Not sent in YOUR poem yet? Don't leave it too late ...
afterpoetry.com/submit
More than 115 of you have sent in your previously unpublished 'after' and ekphrastic poems β the highest number of subs of any year so far!
Not sent in YOUR poem yet? Don't leave it too late ...
afterpoetry.com/submit
Submit to After... | Poems inspired by other art
Send a new, unpublished 'after' or ekphrastic poem to After... throughout October 2025
afterpoetry.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Poets, @afterpoetry.com's month-long annual submissions window is almost over.
More than 115 of you have sent in your previously unpublished 'after' and ekphrastic poems β the highest number of subs of any year so far!
Not sent in YOUR poem yet? Don't leave it too late ...
afterpoetry.com/submit
More than 115 of you have sent in your previously unpublished 'after' and ekphrastic poems β the highest number of subs of any year so far!
Not sent in YOUR poem yet? Don't leave it too late ...
afterpoetry.com/submit
The rise and fall in a moving piece by Debussy is mirrored in Kerry Trautman's #ekphrastic poem 'When He Comes Back to You'.
' ... sea-water
in halos around footfalls
now returns to reclaim
the land it soaked
move anything you wish dry
to higher ground
afterpoetry.com/poem/oct-21-...
' ... sea-water
in halos around footfalls
now returns to reclaim
the land it soaked
move anything you wish dry
to higher ground
afterpoetry.com/poem/oct-21-...
Read New Ekphrastic Poem 'When He Comes
Back to You' by Kerry Trautman exclusively in After... | Poems Inspired By Other Art
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October 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The rise and fall in a moving piece by Debussy is mirrored in Kerry Trautman's #ekphrastic poem 'When He Comes Back to You'.
' ... sea-water
in halos around footfalls
now returns to reclaim
the land it soaked
move anything you wish dry
to higher ground
afterpoetry.com/poem/oct-21-...
' ... sea-water
in halos around footfalls
now returns to reclaim
the land it soaked
move anything you wish dry
to higher ground
afterpoetry.com/poem/oct-21-...
Art ... or artifice? That's the question posed by @saccharinequeen.bsky.social's new #ekphrastic poem.
'A tour guide holds forth on
body horror, the decayed viscera
of industrial decline, yah de blah,
but no, itβs worse than that.
Itβs revolting pretentiousness.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/oct-07-...
'A tour guide holds forth on
body horror, the decayed viscera
of industrial decline, yah de blah,
but no, itβs worse than that.
Itβs revolting pretentiousness.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/oct-07-...
Read New Ekphrastic Poem 'After viewing
the installation I was
irritable for hours' by Sadie Maskery exclusively in After... | Poems Inspired By Other Art
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October 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Art ... or artifice? That's the question posed by @saccharinequeen.bsky.social's new #ekphrastic poem.
'A tour guide holds forth on
body horror, the decayed viscera
of industrial decline, yah de blah,
but no, itβs worse than that.
Itβs revolting pretentiousness.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/oct-07-...
'A tour guide holds forth on
body horror, the decayed viscera
of industrial decline, yah de blah,
but no, itβs worse than that.
Itβs revolting pretentiousness.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/oct-07-...
**PUSHCART PRIZE NOMINEES ANNOUNCED**
Please join @afterpoetry.com in congratulating K Roberts, @corinnaboard.bsky.social, Suzi Feay, @arainbowpoet.bsky.social, Matt Cariello and @victoriaspires.bsky.social on their nominations for the next edition of the @pushcartprize.bsky.social.
Please join @afterpoetry.com in congratulating K Roberts, @corinnaboard.bsky.social, Suzi Feay, @arainbowpoet.bsky.social, Matt Cariello and @victoriaspires.bsky.social on their nominations for the next edition of the @pushcartprize.bsky.social.
October 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
**PUSHCART PRIZE NOMINEES ANNOUNCED**
Please join @afterpoetry.com in congratulating K Roberts, @corinnaboard.bsky.social, Suzi Feay, @arainbowpoet.bsky.social, Matt Cariello and @victoriaspires.bsky.social on their nominations for the next edition of the @pushcartprize.bsky.social.
Please join @afterpoetry.com in congratulating K Roberts, @corinnaboard.bsky.social, Suzi Feay, @arainbowpoet.bsky.social, Matt Cariello and @victoriaspires.bsky.social on their nominations for the next edition of the @pushcartprize.bsky.social.
The window is open, poets ... come on in.
#opensubmissions #poetry #afterpoetry #ekphrastic #ekphrasis
#opensubmissions #poetry #afterpoetry #ekphrastic #ekphrasis
October 1, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The window is open, poets ... come on in.
#opensubmissions #poetry #afterpoetry #ekphrastic #ekphrasis
#opensubmissions #poetry #afterpoetry #ekphrastic #ekphrasis
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Over 40 publications re-opened today, including @afterpoetry.com @trashcatlit.bsky.social @innerworlds.bsky.social @themerseyreview.bsky.social @artscalling.com @mslexia.bsky.social @ravensquothpress.bsky.social https://duotrope.com...
Re-openings for September 30, 2025
Over 40 publications re-opened today, including @afterpoetry.com @trashcatlit.bsky.social @innerworlds.bsky.social @themerseyreview.bsky.social @artscalling.com @mslexia.bsky.social @ravensquothpress.bsky.social https://duotrope.com/news/publishing/
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September 30, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Over 40 publications re-opened today, including @afterpoetry.com @trashcatlit.bsky.social @innerworlds.bsky.social @themerseyreview.bsky.social @artscalling.com @mslexia.bsky.social @ravensquothpress.bsky.social https://duotrope.com...
It's nearly time again ...
If you've been looking for a home for that 'after' or ekphrastic poem, @afterpoetry.com is the place for you.
Submissions reopen tomorrow β October 1st 2025.
You then have the entire month to send in your poem for a chance to feature in After... in 2026.
Good luck! π€πΌ
If you've been looking for a home for that 'after' or ekphrastic poem, @afterpoetry.com is the place for you.
Submissions reopen tomorrow β October 1st 2025.
You then have the entire month to send in your poem for a chance to feature in After... in 2026.
Good luck! π€πΌ
September 30, 2025 at 6:27 AM
It's nearly time again ...
If you've been looking for a home for that 'after' or ekphrastic poem, @afterpoetry.com is the place for you.
Submissions reopen tomorrow β October 1st 2025.
You then have the entire month to send in your poem for a chance to feature in After... in 2026.
Good luck! π€πΌ
If you've been looking for a home for that 'after' or ekphrastic poem, @afterpoetry.com is the place for you.
Submissions reopen tomorrow β October 1st 2025.
You then have the entire month to send in your poem for a chance to feature in After... in 2026.
Good luck! π€πΌ
Sculpture as movement frozen. Dance as light captured. This new #ekphrastic poem by @duntruner.bsky.social has it all.
'I saw her dance again there,
enfolded in negative space, I saw again
that hip-spun pause
of lofted breath.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/sep-21-...
'I saw her dance again there,
enfolded in negative space, I saw again
that hip-spun pause
of lofted breath.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/sep-21-...
Read New Ekphrastic Poem 'Suspension' by Steve Smart exclusively in After... | Poems Inspired By Other Art
afterpoetry.com
September 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Sculpture as movement frozen. Dance as light captured. This new #ekphrastic poem by @duntruner.bsky.social has it all.
'I saw her dance again there,
enfolded in negative space, I saw again
that hip-spun pause
of lofted breath.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/sep-21-...
'I saw her dance again there,
enfolded in negative space, I saw again
that hip-spun pause
of lofted breath.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/sep-21-...
The title of John White's #ekphrastic poem deceives. Is it about office life? Or just life?
'We floated, avatars of the open plan,
by night rehearsing in the snooker dens
each with a cue trained over a pack of Bensons
like an extension of him, holding a heron ... '
afterpoetry.com/poem/sep-07-...
'We floated, avatars of the open plan,
by night rehearsing in the snooker dens
each with a cue trained over a pack of Bensons
like an extension of him, holding a heron ... '
afterpoetry.com/poem/sep-07-...
Read New Ekphrastic Poem 'The Inexorable
Sadness of Pencils' by John White exclusively in After... | Poems Inspired By Other Art
afterpoetry.com
September 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The title of John White's #ekphrastic poem deceives. Is it about office life? Or just life?
'We floated, avatars of the open plan,
by night rehearsing in the snooker dens
each with a cue trained over a pack of Bensons
like an extension of him, holding a heron ... '
afterpoetry.com/poem/sep-07-...
'We floated, avatars of the open plan,
by night rehearsing in the snooker dens
each with a cue trained over a pack of Bensons
like an extension of him, holding a heron ... '
afterpoetry.com/poem/sep-07-...
Art on art about art retelling a myth β @nberlat.bsky.socialβ¬'s #ekphrastic Icarus poem goes deeper.
'Breughel was right
about suffering but
not like Auden says.
Icarus isnβt the man
whose suffering is forgotten.
There he is in the painting.
There he is in the poem.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/aug-23-...
'Breughel was right
about suffering but
not like Auden says.
Icarus isnβt the man
whose suffering is forgotten.
There he is in the painting.
There he is in the poem.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/aug-23-...
Read New Ekphrastic Poem 'Not Icarus' by Noah Berlatsky exclusively in After... | Poems Inspired By Other Art
afterpoetry.com
August 23, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Art on art about art retelling a myth β @nberlat.bsky.socialβ¬'s #ekphrastic Icarus poem goes deeper.
'Breughel was right
about suffering but
not like Auden says.
Icarus isnβt the man
whose suffering is forgotten.
There he is in the painting.
There he is in the poem.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/aug-23-...
'Breughel was right
about suffering but
not like Auden says.
Icarus isnβt the man
whose suffering is forgotten.
There he is in the painting.
There he is in the poem.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/aug-23-...
In @clattermonger.bsky.social's new #ekphrastic poem, Rodin's father making his son making his father gives cause to write of his own father.
' ... I tried to paint you,
to present you as a single plane,
but find it best to sculpt your head
so I can live among you.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/aug-09-...
' ... I tried to paint you,
to present you as a single plane,
but find it best to sculpt your head
so I can live among you.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/aug-09-...
Read New Ekphrastic Poem 'Jean-Baptiste Rodin' by Craig Smith exclusively in After... | Poems Inspired By Other Art
afterpoetry.com
August 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
In @clattermonger.bsky.social's new #ekphrastic poem, Rodin's father making his son making his father gives cause to write of his own father.
' ... I tried to paint you,
to present you as a single plane,
but find it best to sculpt your head
so I can live among you.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/aug-09-...
' ... I tried to paint you,
to present you as a single plane,
but find it best to sculpt your head
so I can live among you.'
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