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      May 26, 2016[Here, Said the Ocean]Rodrigo Dela Peña Jr.

      Photograph: “Into the Mystic” by Robert Dash. “[Here, Said the Ocean]” was written by Rodrigo Dela Pena, Jr., for Rattle’s Ekphrastic Challenge, April 2016, and selected by Timothy Green as the Editor’s Choice winner.
      Here, said the ocean to the ship
       
      And here, said the towering sails to the wind
       
      It was good, and there was evening
       
      Here, said the body to music
       
      O hear, said the lyre to the bones of the ear
       
      And it was good, and there was morning
       
      Here, said the breath, said the murmuring heart
       
      Said the blank face of paper to the ink

      from Ekphrastic Challenge

      Comment from the editor, Timothy Green

      “I’m always looking for the poem that works—but works like no other. With its concise and confident voice, Rodrigo Dela Pena, Jr., created the most unique artistic object to pair with this photograph. There’s beauty to the lines, but it’s also the kind of poem where imagination transcends intention, that pushes the boundaries of what can be articulated until it becomes something truly new.”

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