The Poetry Foundation defines an ekphrastic poem as “a vivid description of a scene or, more commonly, a work of art."
In an article published in New Welsh Review in Summer 2006, Tim Liardet writes about the “problem” of ekphrasis.
Picasso once said, “Art is the lie that reveals the truth.”
Artist Romare Bearden lived in New York and was influenced by the artists of the Harlem Renaissance who predominantly worked with a theme of African American life and culture.