Ekphrastic

Loosely, the literary representation of a work of art.

But it isn't necessarily a description of a work of art. It could be something inspired by the art. Or a response to the art. Or something that evokes the art in a literary way.

And I'm attempting it.

I've taken photos of different places. Sometime it's a photo of a landmark. Sometimes just a random thing. And I'm going to write ekphrastics to go along with them.

So, here goes:

Photo title: This Is a Place

This is a place to sit for an hour or more when the weather is
Finally good
Finally

When you sit here, you can write a long poem here
About how you wish you weren't here

You wish you were at a place where outside
Wasn't covered in concrete

You can describe the people and the setting and the things in your head
And apologize to Robert Lowell for stealing the setting
Of a poem from him

After you're done writing
You can walk up the hill,
Past the disabled homeless,
And stand back to back with tourists
As they take a picture of the Capitol Building

Then walk down the hill and
Under the ground
And go home