I wanted to post this in Poetry Exercises under Ekphrastic Poetry but I couldn't manage to get the image to show, so I am posting it here instead.
Ekphrasis is using one art form to comment on another, e.g writing a poem about a painting, in this case a poem about Escher's Ascending and Descending.

(05-30-2013, 01:03 AM)ambrosial revelation Wrote:  I wanted to post this in Poetry Exercises under Ekphrastic Poetry but I couldn't manage to get the image to show, so I am posting it here instead.
Ekphrasis is using one art form to comment on another, e.g writing a poem about a painting, in this case a poem about Escher's Ascending and Descending.

I liked this one it was quite imaginative (honest opinion though I'm no poetry aficianado). I'm a little rusty on my bible Why Peter and Paul?

Hi Brownlie,
Thanks for reading this, I appreciate it was a bit different but I did enjoy writing it. As regards the Peter and Paul reference it is an anagram of perpetual, something I found out by mistake a couple of weeks ago and have been waiting for the chance to use it somehow. Although when I discovered it my first thought was also about the bible straight away, they must be the two most well known saints.
Also Eternity is an anagram of entirety, as you can see I've gone a bit anagram mad but I did back down from using coeternal and tolerance, I'll save it for another time.
Thanks again.
AR

Hi AR,
First of all, I love the idea of a poem written about an Escher picture. I've always been fascinated by him. And I very much like this poem. The structure of it works really well with the context, creating the Escher picture both with the meaning of the words, but also (almost) visually, with the placement of the words.
I think it's good you made the anagrams in bold letters, I think most people don't notice anagrams, but I could be wrong. I think it was a clever use of those anagrams, and I did notice them on my first read-through. But I also speak in anagrams on a daily basis so I have some practice Great alliterations too. I've forgotten the rest I would say, my head's not quite functioning. Thanks for an inspirational read
- LB

(05-31-2013, 07:26 AM)Volaticus Wrote:  Hi AR,
First of all, I love the idea of a poem written about an Escher picture. I've always been fascinated by him. And I very much like this poem. The structure of it works really well with the context, creating the Escher picture both with the meaning of the words, but also (almost) visually, with the placement of the words.
I think it's good you made the anagrams in bold letters, I think most people don't notice anagrams, but I could be wrong. I think it was a clever use of those anagrams, and I did notice them on my first read-through. But I also speak in anagrams on a daily basis so I have some practice Great alliterations too. I've forgotten the rest I would say, my head's not quite functioning. Thanks for an inspirational read
- LB

Hi, thanks for the kind comments, I too have had a bit of a fascination with Escher ever since someone gave me a book of his art about 15 years ago. In the book it talked about how Escher had become so obsessed with perspective and studying it that he could no longer do normal stuff like walk down the street without it being like a bizarre trip. I've just realised tonight that Ekphrastic Escher is not an original idea, a google search threw up loads of them and the first one was actually this picture but the poem wasn't that good, thank God.
Do you speak anagrams in Danish or English or both..... at the same time. I've write them down when I find them, I could sell you some but heres one for free Ultraism - Altruism or On - No
Thanks again for the comments.

(06-01-2013, 10:56 PM)Michael Wreckalection Wrote:  I really enjoyed this. the when eternity is waiting in its entirety part was fantastic. the word infinitude is new to me. Im gonna have to check that one out.

the whole piece really meshed well with the picture. thanks for the read.

Hi Michael,
Thanks for commenting on my poem, it is much appreciated. I'm glad you enjoyed it because I really did enjoy writing something different, and I learnt a new word just like you, "lemniscate" was the word I had never heard before, but it won't be the last time I use it.
Thanks again
AR

ambrosial revelation wrote: "Do you speak anagrams in Danish or English or both..... at the same time. I've write them down when I find them, I could sell you some but heres one for free Ultraism - Altruism or On - No"
Thanks for the ultra-altru anagram, it's a good one. I should perhaps also start writing mine down. I tend to forget them pretty quickly. I speak anagrams in both languages. Mostly nonsense sentences, but it's funny and it's good brain exercising

Hi Louise:
"Ultraism - Altruism ". ;-) This is a good one!!

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reminds me of:

Unica Zürn. ,.-)

http://www.iti.fh-flensburg.de/lang/fun/.../ana15.htm

(she did paint, too:
http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/reviews/o...-14-05.asp

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and, Mark:

eternity - entirety is not bad either.

cheers

Hi Serge:
I didn't understand the whole poem (it's been quite a while since I was taught German in school), but I got some of it. And thanks for posting the link to her paintings, I think they are very interesting indeed.