Ekphrastic Poetry - What do you see?

The Poetry Foundation website tells us that “Ekphrasis” means “description” in Greek. Ekphrastic poetry involves describing a painting, sculpture, or photo/image by narrating and reflecting on the story behind it, often enhancing and broadening its meaning.

A famous example is “Ode on a Grecian Urn,” (written in 1819) in which the poet John Keats speculates on the identity of the lovers who appear to dance and play music, simultaneously frozen in time and in perpetual motion. (The Poetry Foundation).

There are many other wonderful examples of this kind of poetry, and indeed, whole poetry journals dedicated to the form. Some choose the photo or painting for writers, but we'll leave that up to you. Find a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other work of art and write about what you see.

Our November Issue will feature Ekphrastic Poetry but all our issues are open so send us your best poetry, prose, artwork and photos!

Sea to Sky Review  is interested in poetry and prose (fiction, non-fiction) from around the world. We also  welcome interviews and reviews, artwork and photography. Our goal is to  create a magazine of interest to all kinds of readers. We accept English language works only.

Please send one prose piece or up to 5 poems. Because we are an online journal, there are no  restrictions as to length however please be aware we favour short prose (under 2000 words) over longer pieces. 

Submit your poetry and prose as word documents or PDF. Submit any photos or artwork as jpeg files. Remember, we're publishing online, so the resolution needn't be really high (jpegs up to 2000 pixels).

And for all submissions, be sure to add your biography!

Before you submit, you should read our complete Writers Guidelines which you can find here