An ekphrastic poem that appered in The Ekphrasic Review.

An ekphrastic poem that appered in The Ekphrasic Review.


Silas Marner Redacted is a series of 20 short poems redacted from the classic novel by George Eliot. It’s avialable to read in a free PDF. Click the cover image to go to the page. Here is a sample of what you’ll find:
Grief
loss served the slow
current of bereavement
that so withered a life
a wide cheerless unknown
a life snatched away
the earth broken
crushed by grief
sat in loneliness
and moaned very low
A couple of poems from a 2014 Issue of 3rd Wedneday.


This poem was featured at a fall meeting of the Poetry Society of Michigan. It was a response to a prompt from Elizabeth Kerlikowske, then president of the organization. “Write a poem giving someone advice. It could be an extended metaphor. And fun/clever/don’t even think of rhyming.”

My friends in Ludington, Michigan will recognize this place. A stay here is like travelling back in time (in a good way). This poem, originally pulished in 3rd Wednesday, is also in my collection, Protective Coloration, Kelsay Books, 2020.

Originally published in Third Wednesday Magazine


