“The nights there were scumbled with art,” Logan writes. He begins to see the ordinary as worthy of inspiring art, even claiming that we should recognize the artistic value all around us. In the last few lines of the poem, Logan moves toward a powerful question. Have you ever stared at a painting of clouds or fields and suddenly felt bored and sleepy? Logan crystallizes this common field trip experience, depicting these works as “too gorged on joy” and “dull, worn-out gilt.” Yet a remarkable shift occurs in the poem, one that moves readers from a feeling of disinterest to one of sudden enchantment. “In the Gallery of the Ordinary” by William Logan It’s nothing like I thought it /would be and closer to what I meant. He describes drawing a romantic partner with fangs, drawing himself as a floating, legless body, and painting drunk and putting “dots of color everywhere.” In these surreal landscapes, Siken seems to argue that creative liberties can lead to deeper meanings: “ Something has happened in the paint tonight and / it is worth keeping. In “Dots Everywhere,” Siken reflects on the difference between art and reality. He also uses art as an extended metaphor for relationships, love, and other, more intangible ideas. Siken muses on the anxiety of creation, the artistic process, and how different viewers react to art. In his second book, War of the Foxes, this becomes key subject matter.
In addition to being a poet and a winner of the Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition, Richard Siken is a painter and photographer. But can ekphrastic poems capture the vividness, color, and imagery of art itself? If these four poems have anything to say about it, the answer is yes - and should encourage you to bring a notepad and pen to your local art museum.
Many art exhibits even contain poetic components, like the temporary installation of a Joy Harjo poem at the Minnesota Museum of Arts and the Museum of Native Contemporary Arts.
Dubbed “ekphrasis,” this form continues today, with a major goal of speculating or expanding on the original art’s meaning. Auden, and even the ancient Greek Hesiod drew inspiration from works like paintings, sculptures, and entire museums. Famous poets like William Carlos Williams, W.H. Visual art and literary art have established a beautiful, long-standing connection.
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