Calisthenic, Week 7 (make-up)

from the ekphrasis exercise on pp. 208-211 of Writing Poetry:


"Andy Warhol, Marilyn Diptych, 1962"

Twenty-five stamps of gold, blue, and violet,
Twenty-five stamps of black and white

Twenty-five stamps of oranges in a lemon tree,
Twenty-five stamps of smeared ink on old newspaper

Twenty-five stamps of Niagara, 1953,
Twenty-five stamps of Brentwood, 1962

Twenty-five stamps of citrus touch,
Twenty-five stamps of ash-dust blindness

Twenty-five stamps of peach tones and papaya shades,
Twenty-five stamps of midnight purple and bourbon camellia

Twenty-five stamps of Marilyn Monroe,
Twenty-five stamps of Norma Jean Baker