Thanks to any or all whom participated in the latest Ekphrastic Cats competition! It’s including a pleasure as section of that it incredibly innovative and you will interested community. We are always surprised by the particular ideas and you can tactics drawn of the using editors. It is a happiness to read your entries.
Opting for is an even more struggle. All of the finalists was basically chosen thoughtlessly by Ekphrastic Comment, and you can our very own esteemed visitor judge, tm thomson, who performed the hard work of selecting the winner throughout the short list.
Sandra’s portion try basic, followed by the others during the alphabetical purchase
We carefully enjoyed studying the fresh poetry for it event. It was not simply fun however, enlightening also, watching every methods to every piece regarding ways, means We never ever might have notion of-a letter from the artist, brand new direction off a young woman dealing with puberty, a prehistoric father’s description from his child, the fresh cave musician. Studying this type of poems while others on the competition possess widened my very own poetic limits and you will given myself substantially to think throughout the. To type poetry, one must comprehend poetry, take-in poetry, enjoy this new poetry out of anybody else, and that i delight in the opportunity to exercise.
?The newest Undercoat, from the Laurel BenjaminWeapons regarding Crass Destruction: Portly Bard?Daydreaming, from the Sandra Costs?Cats regarding Chauvet Cave – (France) c. 30, one hundred thousand BCE, because of the Ronnie HessVanity, by the Lynne Kemen?My Sweet Tigre, from the Jackie LangetiegPyari billis (nice pets) therefore the dire flame!, from the Anita Nahal?Herr Katz Calls with the Fraulein Kitty, from the Jane Salmons ?This new Secret out-of Kittens, by Margo Stutts Toombs In the event the Kitties Wore Ball Clothing, of the Julene WaffleCarl Kahler’s Page In order to His Sibling, Inge, 1891, by Debbie Walker-Lass ?Tom’s Time Museum, because of the Tricia Cimera Whitworth
? Sandra Fees has been blogged inside the SWWIM, Lake Heron Review, That Art or other magazines. Mcdougal of one’s Temporary Vase out of Hand (Finishing line Press, 2017), she stays in southeastern Pennsylvania.
She’s got functions forthcoming otherwise wrote when you look at the Lily Poetry Opinion, Thumb Boulevard, Flipping a subway from Envision Upside-down: An Anthology from Women’s Poetry, Southern Fl Poetry Record, Trouvaille Remark, You to definitely Ways, Ekphrastic Feedback, Midway Diary, MacQueens Quinterly, among others
The fresh Undercoat Practical question of your own stitched pet never ever emerged within forgiveness no matter if We realized all of us ingested an effective throat-complete. We had worn regarding most delights, attempted to not ever perform or seem pellucid scouted during the detail by detail brush functions what we should you can expect to of your own sparrows fluff of feathers between brand new cat’s teeth. Their wrist broke prior to I know your, the truck ploughed in the ribs, breaking these. You resembled the fresh cat’s tabby stripes, I understand. Longed to bed rounded upwards, but serious pain in this compartments off an excellent pomegranate didn’t allow it to be. However, this is exactly every an attempt to forgive . (or whatever) – inform you Someday We checked the brand new cat’s ears, arteries such a route map for in which we’d gone or could have ventured whenever we had decided. Yet the newest outlines simplistic given that trees mattered so much more into cat’s lives than ours, branches to hang from and you will trunk area in order to claw. Pets, while they get older unclouded even after cataracts eyes that cannot hide for example a judge jester’s traditions like the undercoat okay down, in addition to paws. Simply wishing. So we, with these individual undercoat, much more noticeable, smaller great, an embarrassing forgiveness. ?
Laurel Benjamin is actually a local of your own Bay area, in which she invented a secret vocabulary together with her aunt. She actually is associated with the new Bay area Women’s Poetry Health spa and the new Port Townsend Editors, and you may holds a keen MFA out of Mills University. She is your readers to 
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