Saturday, December 8, 2012

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.


 

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