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Ekphrastic Challenge, Nov 08
« Thread Started on Oct 16, 2008, 2:06am »

Ekphrastic Challenge for November 8th

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54 Deck of Cards

Aphrodite Litti (b. 1953 - )

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Re: Ekphrastic Challenge, Nov 08
« Reply #1 on Nov 9, 2008, 8:21pm »

DECK OF CARDS

I can tell you object
to the impossibility of my design –

but if it is, it is: cards balanced on corners,
shadows that do not fall

where they are cast –
you will have to grant me who I am.

I have been building myself
into this sculpture for a long time –

my many faces hearts, clubs,
spades and diamonds. Others

have joined me from time to time
and most stay, merged

into my patterns, though I do not remember
all of them. Only the animals

hold themselves apart
though they too are strangely still.

On my backs – bearded men,
carpets, buildings. Who lived in that one,

there beyond the fountain?
(And where was that fountain?)

Or the windmill – oh, I remember the windmill!
A drawbridge creaked above a canal

and we bought wheels of smoked cheese
in the unnatural quiet.

As for this place I am in now –
it is high up, like a tree house,

nothing but sky
outside the door.

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Re: Ekphrastic Challenge, Nov 08
« Reply #2 on Nov 9, 2008, 10:26pm »

oh Lisken, thank you for posting this poem! I did enjoy reading it, and such a clever metaphor ... I must go look what else of your work is in the Fest

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