Ekphrastic Archives - Navigating This Thing We Call Life https://ronrowland.com/category/poetry/ekphrastic/ Mon, 08 Jul 2024 09:21:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 177790805 A Snorkel Tunnel https://ronrowland.com/a-snorkel-tunnel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-snorkel-tunnel https://ronrowland.com/a-snorkel-tunnel/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2022 20:34:15 +0000 https://ronrowland.com/?p=4530 A Snorkel Tunnel I feel lost, forlorn, sometimes hopeless and in need of care the world’s destructive path often gives me quite a scare all of mankind seems to be in search of healing prayer so I snorkel through these woods without need to surface for air the endless spiral of branches before me are […]

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]]> https://ronrowland.com/a-snorkel-tunnel/feed/ 15 4530 Romantic Warrior https://ronrowland.com/romantic-warrior/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=romantic-warrior https://ronrowland.com/romantic-warrior/#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2022 19:42:15 +0000 https://ronrowland.com/?p=4437 Romantic Warrior Romantic warrior arrives with hope vowing to protect your heart his quest is not one of science it’s the expression of his art White doves follow him wherever he sallies forth his course always clear to him through woods and across the swarth He’s wrapped in shining armor donning ribbons from his truelove […]

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]]> https://ronrowland.com/romantic-warrior/feed/ 13 4437 Half An Inkblot https://ronrowland.com/half-an-inkblot/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=half-an-inkblot https://ronrowland.com/half-an-inkblot/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2021 14:50:24 +0000 https://ronrowland.com/?p=3753 Half An Inkblot It is just half an inkblot so I am told Because the paper I forgot to fold But what if instead of fold I rolled In my hands would be a mess I hold Minus symmetry call it art that is bold For a million dollars it will be sold —— Image: […]

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]]> https://ronrowland.com/half-an-inkblot/feed/ 3 3753 Eroded Coast, Windswept Man https://ronrowland.com/eroded-coast-windswept-man/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eroded-coast-windswept-man https://ronrowland.com/eroded-coast-windswept-man/#comments Wed, 24 Nov 2021 00:24:35 +0000 https://ronrowland.com/?p=3686 Image: Eroded Coast, Ireland, Fay Collins, oil on board Eroded Coast, Windswept Man I’ve been down this rutted path countless times before always providing adventure always something in store My mind starts to wander across the meadow verdant green set surreal against the azure sea it appears to be a dream Rickety old fence now […]

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]]> https://ronrowland.com/eroded-coast-windswept-man/feed/ 19 3686 Light Pillar https://ronrowland.com/light-pillar/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=light-pillar https://ronrowland.com/light-pillar/#comments Mon, 15 Nov 2021 22:18:04 +0000 https://ronrowland.com/?p=3647 Light Pillar Volcanic magma emitting fiery glow shaped and filtered by Mount Etna’s caldera reflecting off ice crystals high above the night air This serendipitous rendezvous between a hemorrhaging earth and vaporous atmosphere illuminated without sun creating a pillar of light against a sky so fair —— Image: Light Pillar over Volcanic Etna, Image Credit […]

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]]> https://ronrowland.com/light-pillar/feed/ 26 3647 What is Showing? https://ronrowland.com/what-is-showing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-is-showing https://ronrowland.com/what-is-showing/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2021 10:16:56 +0000 https://ronrowland.com/?p=3347 What is Showing? The theater is empty now, although the show goes on Who hears the gentle clicking of the film in the projector? Who sees the moving images upon the tattered screen? No house lights come up as the ending credits roll by With no one there to witness,is it really showing at all? […]

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]]> https://ronrowland.com/what-is-showing/feed/ 1 3347 Faded Chevrolet https://ronrowland.com/faded-chevrolet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=faded-chevrolet https://ronrowland.com/faded-chevrolet/#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2021 20:01:45 +0000 https://ronrowland.com/?p=2702 Faded Chevrolet Chrome still shining luster long gone hood clamp operational its necessity vanished blue paint visible originality shows through attempted rust removal abandoned without cause resting at peace in a sunlit field proud of its heritage faded Chevrolet truck —— Photo credit: Glenn A Buttkus from his SOUTH SOUND MINIMALIST PHOTOS group, posted on […]

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]]> https://ronrowland.com/faded-chevrolet/feed/ 20 2702 The Guardian of Time https://ronrowland.com/the-guardian-of-time/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-guardian-of-time https://ronrowland.com/the-guardian-of-time/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2021 19:42:13 +0000 https://ronrowland.com/?p=2417 The Guardian of Time (with audio) At the end of the road At the end of the world There’s a place unknown to most of mankind Where the land falls away Becoming one with Earth’s core Stands the house of the Guardian of Time Outside of his houseIs the water wheel of timeCounting months and […]

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]]> https://ronrowland.com/the-guardian-of-time/feed/ 15 2417 The Station Manager https://ronrowland.com/the-station-manager/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-station-manager https://ronrowland.com/the-station-manager/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2021 21:45:31 +0000 https://ronrowland.com/?p=1973 Image: Edward Hopper, Gas, 1940 The Station Manager This being human is harder than it seems It didn’t turn out like it did in my dreams Don’t get me wrong, it’s not a sad song I’ve got love in my life that keeps me strong Oh, I may gripe about this and that But even […]

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]]> https://ronrowland.com/the-station-manager/feed/ 33 1973 What My Eyes See https://ronrowland.com/what-my-eyes-see/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-my-eyes-see https://ronrowland.com/what-my-eyes-see/#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2021 17:36:48 +0000 https://ronrowland.com/?p=1760 An Uncommon Vision collage by Nick Reeves What My Eyes See bits of old newspapers, can’t read what they say while an intriguing young girl is looking my way layers upon layers and scraps upon scraps artistic endeavor with a master plan perhaps the longer I look the more my eyes see there’s even pieces […]

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