One of my art poems published in Ekphrastic Review

[Ruth]

This one's about a face that has haunted me ever since I first saw it over 30 years ago.

Here's the link so you can see both the face and the poem.

http://www.ekphrastic.net/ekphrastic/...

[Heather]

That is a creepy face! He almost looks like he could have evolved from a monkey... That's just my first impression.

Reading your poem, the thought of taking a hammer and pounding someone's face, literally to create that mask kind of makes me sick.
Yes, "pounding him" into history.

[Ruth]

I think that mask is beautiful.

[Dirk, Moderator]

Very famous, I knew it from my art history lessons.

About the poem, Ruth I'm wondering why you start with his diet?

[Ruth]

Because I wanted to humanize him, to make him seem real.

[siriusedward]

I like the poem and the mask.

[Ruth]

siriusedward wrote: "I like the poem and the mask."

Thanks SE

[Piyangie]

Beautiful poem, Ruth! I liked the mask too.

[Tom]

I love ekphrasis, and this is an excellent example, especially for a pretend-Classicist like myself. Kudos, Ruth!

[Ruth]

Thank you, everyone. At one time I wrote a lot of Ekphrastic poetry. A natural for me. Although I seldom make art any more, my MFA is in Painting, not Creative Writing.

[Connie]

You really brought the man behind the mask to life, Ruth. Lovely!

[Heather]

I will agree with Connie, she said what I feel, you did really make him ‘real’, you brought him to life!