Born of hopes and dreams,
roped to its creator
by words, sounds, paint, clay or stone,
each oeuvre becomes tactile
blood, skin and bone.
It exposes both the soul and heart –
a demanding offspring, art.
Kim M. Russell, 2017
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #193 Also linked to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Tuesday Platform.
writing in north norfolk 
Yes indeed Kim!!! and the perfect image teamed up with your poem
“a demanding offspring, art.”
much love…
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Thanks Gillena! 🙂
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The nature of art is such a challenge to all of us as to what we see and the meaning we attach to that…great response Kim.
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Thank you, Michael!
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a demanding offspring indeed! well said!!
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My goodness that picture is absolutely haunting! Indeed, Art can be a demanding offspring! 😉
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Love the sense of the spectator becomes part of the art.. just like the reader is part of poetry
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Very Provocative! 😎😎😎🥀🥀🥀
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🙂
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A wonderful ekphrasic poem Kim. Even without the picture, it is stunning.
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Thank you, Toni1
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Well, you’ve got that right! Perfect pairing of words and picture.
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Thank Candy!
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kaykuala
It exposes both the soul and heart –
a demanding offspring, art.
Yes, art transcends many obstacles and irritations that it’ll be appreciated for what it is! NIcely done Kim!
Hank
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Thanks Hank!
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I completely adore this. And believe it, too. Art is made of pieces of us. Perhaps not always in the way that people might perceive it, but it always has a bit of us in it.
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Fantastic choice of image, too.
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Thank you so much, Magaly!
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Yes, a demanding offspring! I love that painting.
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Stunning.
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Thank you so much!
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Welcome
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Wow very deep! I also like the painting of how the person is almost going into the painting as it is the skin of art in a way! Thank you for sharing, I hope to see more inspiration from you soon. Are you an artist yourself? If you’d like I am a new blogger, and would love any suggestions you have for me! caelidotblog.wordpress.com/2018/01/07/power-in-purple/ I hope you have a beautiful weekend 🙂 I know it is raining here, but hope it’s better over there for you!
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Thank you so much for reading and commenting. I used to draw and paint but lean more to photography now as one of many springboards to poetry. I enjoy writing ekphrastic poetry, which is more interesting when it’s someone else’s work. I’ll drop by your blog later on today. 🙂
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Yes i love all of those forms. Have you tried poetry from book pieces? That is a fun acitvity
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Is that like found poetry or blackout poetry? I often create found poems from non-fiction pieces such articles.
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Yes blackout poetry
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