A Poem by Neil Ellman

Bird Woman

(after the painting by Joan Miró)

 

Bird

(as bird)

woman

(as bird)

singular species

(born

borne

reborn

phoenix/avatar)

metamorphosis

(of mind)

reincarnate wings

(neither woman

nor bird)

but still

(a woman)

with wings

(a bird)

with arms

(almost woman

almost bird)

the soul

of she

of it

transmogrified

eternity

it flies

(whatever it)

on wings

of hope.

 

 

 

Twice nominated for Best of the Net, Neil Ellman lives and writes in New Jersey. More than 600 of his poems, many of which are ekphrastic and based on works of modern and contemporary art, appear in numerous print and online journals, anthologies, broadsides and chapbooks throughout the world.