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Le Bar aux Folies-Bergère
Le Bar aux Folies-Bergère Édouard Manet, 1882 CHARLOTTE (Off Screen): I’m stuck. Does it get easier? BOB: No, yes, it does… (Sofia Coppola, “Lost in Translation”) Caught between geometry and eternity laced by fine fabric, cotton and holes, choker and … Continue reading →
Notes on Ekphrasis
Creating poetry is more than just sitting down and writing “stuff” in a particular form. “Stuff” rarely materialises like manna, it must be found from somewhere. Finding “stuff” to write about can be difficult. The notions of “writing what you … Continue reading →
Le Bar aux Folies-Bergère
The poem “Le Bar aux Folies-Bergère, Édouard Manet, 1882” has been published on a free broadsheet available through the Take Flight Writing in Whangarei blog. The broadsheet can also be downloaded from here. The poem is based on the painting by … Continue reading →