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      July 23, 2020EulogyBrenda-Lee Ranta

      Image: “The Old Paper Mill” by Denise Sedor. “Eulogy” was written by Brenda-Lee Ranta for Rattle’s Ekphrastic Challenge, June 2020, and selected as the Artist’s Choice.
      Cataracts in my mind
      have shielded me from
      recalling clearly the hours
       
      my old metal lunch pail
      stuffed with soggy bread
      wrapped in waxed paper,
      with stained fingers that
      brought sustenance to my
      dry mouth, gnarled leather
       
      a million breaths, countless
      heartbeats are still wafting up
      through your smoke stacks
      I cannot recall the colour of
      the skies beyond the rooftop
      where I sold my life for a buck
       
      my crooked bones remember
      every moment I gave to you;
      my mind blurred by your image.

      —from Ekphrastic Challenge
      June 2020, Artist’s Choice

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      Comment from the artist, Denise Sedor: “I picked ‘Eulogy’ as the poem to go with my painting because I felt it continued the narrative of life in an old mill. It perfectly captured the emotion of my painting by bringing to life the past inhabitants behind the worn-out, old abandoned walls of the the building of my image. It was simple, powerful, and beautifully written.”

      from Ekphrastic Challenge

      Comment from the artist, Denise Sedor

      “I picked ‘Eulogy’ as the poem to go with my painting because I felt it continued the narrative of life in an old mill. It perfectly captured the emotion of my painting by bringing to life the past inhabitants behind the worn-out, old abandoned walls of the the building of my image. It was simple, powerful, and beautifully written.”

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