Starfish
You sit alone as a painted asteroid, folded. Your name sounds like one, both floating in from the unknown. […]
Audio, Ekphrasis, Ekphrastic Challenge, Jen Ninnis, Poems
Ekphrastic Challenge
Audio, Ekphrasis, Ekphrastic Challenge, Melody Carr, Poems
Your Favorite Writer Is Not Your Mother
All writers are exiles wherever they live and their work is a lifelong journey towards the lost land.—Janet Frame Just
Audio, Ekphrasis, Ekphrastic Challenge, Melody Carr, Poems
Facial Recognition
The real truth is that some of us don’t have facial recognition, unable to recall the goblet of a face.
Audio, Ekphrasis, Ekphrastic Challenge, Marion Clarke, Poems
The Visitant
We never found out where she came from, our hen. One morning she was just there, in the back yard.
Wildflowers
Image: “Chickens!” by Marion Clarke. “Wildflowers” was written by Paul T. Corrigan for Rattle’s Ekphrastic Challenge, March 2018, and selected as the Artist’s Choice.
Audio, Ekphrasis, Ekphrastic Challenge, Jeff Doleman, Poems
Bright Blue Muscle Car
My father once owned a bright blue muscle car. He sold it to buy my mother a ring. I wanted