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      June 22, 2017Birds of a FeatherLianne Kamp

      Image: “The Pink Bird Corridor” by Soren James. “Birds of a Feather” was written by Lianne Kamp for Rattle’s Ekphrastic Challenge, May 2017, and selected as the Artist’s Choice.
      And this, my friend,
      is how the end is
      determined to find us—
       
      after eons of evolution,
      after miraculous miles
      of twisting DNA,
       
      trailing through the
      telescopic corridors
      and the electric synopsis—
       
      to be pared down
      to the bare bones,
      to be stripped of
       
      all our trappings
      like so many proud
      peacocks unaware
       
      that their plumage
      has fallen away

      from Ekphrastic Challenge

      Comment from the artist, Soren James

      “From a wonderfully diverse collection of poems, I’ve chosen one that I found perhaps the most concise—its pared style echoing its meaning. Philosophically rich, the poem covers a surprising amount of ground—from genial opening to abstract comment on everything—in less than a hundred words. Loved it.”

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