Greetings Readers,
Today’s Poem of the Day is the third and final Quinton Oliver Jones inspired ekphrastic poem.
In February 2018, I attended an ekphrastic poetry workshop at the Salem Athenaeum featuring Quinton Oliver Jones art work. The workshop was organized by Salem Writers and one of my former creative writing professors when I was working on my M.A. in English - Creative Writing at Salem State University.
This has been a fun series to share here at Words and Pictures by Pamela Leavey. I loved that not only did my readers enjoy my poems, but some of you also found Quinton Oliver Jones art work as interesting as I did.
This series was in fact both a Poem of the Day and an Art of the Day series!
I hope you all enjoy this last poem in the series…
Redemption
Redemption peered out at me
I glanced back.
Redemption looked somber
In his downcast stare.
Redemption I thought
Had surely had come for me,
I would not
Give him the chance.
I walked away
I never glanced back.
You can read more about Quinton Oliver Jones and his art work here.
This is the final ekphrastic poem in a series of three, inspired by Quinton Oliver Jones paintings. The other two are linked below in the Related Posts.
Stay tuned for new posts this week…
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Footnote:
The word ekphrasis is derived from the Greek word for a literary description of a work of art. The word is often used as an adjective - ekphrastic. John Keats poem “Ode to Grecian Urn,” is a well known and wonderful ekphrastic poem.
This poem resonates with me. Thank you for sharing this. It’s beautiful and thought-provoking. ✨
Such an amazing word, redemption. My 1st encounter was holding a hard covered red hymn book around a piano as a kid, looking up the numbers, standing on the promises. As I got older, it became a larger blue redemption hymn book, with the music, on the piano rest. Redemption is a life story, ellusive yet always within reach, but not always. Thanks for the share Pamela. I relate to these words.
And I love Bob Marleys song......
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