Poetry would not be poetry without
the art of the METAPHOR, i.e.,
the art of creating images with words.
Let’s practice it:
find your element in one of the four images below,
(each one synthesizing a natural element)
and CAPTURE IT in your words…
Imagine that the painting would be lost in 10min
and all that would remain would be your poetic description.
PAINT, POET, PAINT!
EARTH
~ Vincent van Gogh (1889) The Mulberry Tree
WATER
~ Toulouse Lautrec (1901) Admiral Viaud
FIRE
~ Claude Monet (1901) House of the Parliament – Sun
AIR
~ Salvador Dalí (1937) Sleep