#AtoZChallenge Letter G

The theme of my challenge is poetry and books inspired by art and/or art inspired by literature.   is for The Goldfinch  “The Goldfinch” painted by Carel Fabritius in 1654 is a realistic picture of a bird chained to its perch.  It is normally exhibited in The Hague.  This tiny painting with its broad brushstrokes was

#AtoZChallenge Letter F

The theme of my challenge is poetry and books inspired by art and/or art inspired by literature.    is for Donald FINKEL who wrote about The Great Wave by Katsushika Hokusai It is because the sea is blue, Because Fuji is blue, because the bent blue Men have white faces, like the snow On Fuji,

#AtoZChallenge Letter E

  is for Ekphrasis Ekphrasis is the theme of my A to Z Challenge.  It means responding to, or interpreting one form of Art in another form.  So a poem may describe a painting or express the poet’s emotional response to it or a poem may inspire an artist to paint a picture.  This is

#AtoZChallenge Letter D

The theme of my challenge is poetry and books inspired by art and/or art inspired by literature.      is for DECOMPOSITION by Zulfikar Ghose. There is no picture which you will understand when you read the poem.   I have a picture I took in Bombay of a beggar asleep on the pavement: grey-haired,