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    Painted Daydreams: Collection of Ekphrastic Poems
    Painted Daydreams: Collection of Ekphrastic Poems
    Painted Daydreams: Collection of Ekphrastic Poems
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    Painted Daydreams: Collection of Ekphrastic Poems

    By B. Elizabeth Beck

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    After more than a few years of researching art and writing ekphrastic poetry, B. Elizabeth Beck gifts us with her own work of art. Painted Daydreams is a book about the kinship between artists and a true celebration of the creative spirit. This poetry collection is not only inspired, but it also creates inspiration, as well! 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAccents Publishing, LLC
    Release dateMay 20, 2019
    ISBN9781936628803
    Painted Daydreams: Collection of Ekphrastic Poems

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      Painted Daydreams - B. Elizabeth Beck

      Copyright © 2019 by B. Elizabeth Beck

      All rights reserved

      Printed in the United States of America

      Accents Publishing

      Editor: Katerina Stoykova

      Cover Photo: Vincent van Gogh, Almond Blossoms, 1890

      ISBN: 978-1-936628-50-6

      ISBN: 978-1-936628-80-3 (e-book)

      First Edition

      Accents Publishing is an independent press for brilliant voices. For a catalog of current and upcoming titles, please visit us on the Web at

      www.accents-publishing.com

      CONTENTS

      For Vincent

      I.

      Mirror

      Ars Poetica / Writer’s Block (Go Around)

      Kandinsky Composition IV / What Is True?

      Howls and Hails

      A Ready-Made Poem

      Not Abstraction

      Action Paintings

      Iconoclasts

      Street Peddler

      World’s First Rockband

      Enigma

      II.

      Sunflowers

      Joyful Exit

      Victor Over Medieval Misogyny

      The Viriditas of Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179)

      Venus of Willendorf / Charmed Stone

      Mother of American Modernism

      A Woman’s Shepherd

      La Vie Bohème as seen in L’Absinthe

      One of Three

      Oxymoronic Feminist

      III.

      Harmony in Red: A Love Song

      Tumbling out

      Bedroom in Arles Winter 1888 / Letter to Vincent

      My Heart Sings for You, Marc Chagall

      Perchance to Dream, Gypsy Poet of the Art World

      Follow the Signs

      Cave of Lascaux / Life Lessons

      Canvas Snoopy Backpack

      Darling Hieronymus,

      Pyramids of Giza

      Egyptology

      Ode to a Roman Sarcophagus Showing Dionysus ...

      IV.

      The Arnolfini Marriage Jan van Eyck 1434 / Strange Reflection

      Born on the Same Day

      Interruption

      Underpainter of the Blue Riders

      de Kooning Affair

      Rent

      Misstep

      Happy Birthday, Dorothea

      It’s Jerry Garcia’s Birthday, John

      Carnival of Harlequin / Dare Dream

      Kindred Spirits

      V.

      Ancora Imparo

      Patch-Eyed Glass Smith

      Oh, Munch, What Were You Thinking

      Garden of My Hospital

      In Ancient Greece, Sophists

      Sunday Afternoon at the Museum

      Saturday Evening

      I Stumble Upon Les Demoiselles d’Avignon

      For All the World

      Twittering Machine

      Mad Man

      Emperor

      What Exactly Is Seurat’s Point?

      Flux of Living

      Abstract Loss

      Basquiat! Radiant Child

      Fourth Dimension

      Good Night

      Could This Be True?

      Instruct

      Resources

      Acknowledgments

      About the Author

      FOR VINCENT

      I seek you in every

      iris. You taught me

      to reach backwards.

      I had no idea

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