"Home from Church"...(SOLD) first ekphrasis...and the poem...

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so this is the first "Ekphrasis" happening...poets and artists joining forces.. my friend jim asked if i would post the poems..so i'll start with this first one from 2015.. the poet is Tonia Matthew...

At first

loneliness:

the single figure,

the sky spilling into the street,

the blue shadow on the roof

a single bell toll,

the street moving from sunlight

into the dense shade

of overhanging trees.

But then

through a break in the fence

along the path, 

sunlight slides,

soaks into a clump

of orange flowers, 

sets them on fire.  

The small woman

dressed in black,

white kerchief over her head

pauses    there,

leans on her cane.

She has come from the church

where she lit a candle,

sat in the cool dimness

alone.

Now, she is on her way home

to that small, silent room

But, see   she has stopped,

warmed by the glow of orange flowers.

Waiting, perhaps, for them to speak.

(and yes, i do love this!!!!)