Poetry in response to art

Recently I have been responding, with the use of poetry, to photos / pieces of work uploaded by my friends on Flickr and I thought I'd share some of them.

I first responded to Mashka, who, during a period of melancholy, did some self-portraits. In a poetic mood and feeling inspired I wrote haikus in response to three of her pieces. The general rule of thumb with a haiku is that it is 17 syllables shared over three lines (5/7/5).

In response to the first photo I am making a play on words with photography terminology and responding to the lovely way in which she uses focus / depth of field. In the last two photos she has put up the same shot but the second one has artistic alterations. I found differences in her expression due to the effects, despite it being the same shot, so that is what I'm also highlighting in the poems.



Focus on the depth

of the field of your sorrows

exposing ... rawness

What do I see there,

resting on the verge,

melting ...a single tear drop?

Ahh but hidden here,

hinting a glimmer of hope,

just a slight smile?

You can see the original photo on flickr with other comments (#1) here and the original of #2 here and for #3 here