<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/6657da4a-58f5-4e1d-8dd3-9028a1a152dc/601438C2-F7A7-45F7-A546-BDEC37A7A9D2/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.ehow.com/how_2141370_write-ekphrastic-poem.html" href="http://www.ehow.com/how_2141370_write-ekphrastic-poem.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.ehow.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ehow.com/how_2141370_write-ekphrastic-poem.html"><DIV class="Heading1a" id="nointelliTXT">How to Write an Ekphrastic Poem</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ehow.com/how_2141370_write-ekphrastic-poem.html"><DIV class="Heading3a">Instructions</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ehow.com/how_2141370_write-ekphrastic-poem.html"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> <DIV class="stepBg">Step <SPAN>1</SPAN></DIV> <P>Start by checking out some examples of ekphrastic poetry. See the Resources section for one famous example.</p> </LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ehow.com/how_2141370_write-ekphrastic-poem.html"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> <DIV class="stepBg">Step <SPAN>2</SPAN></DIV> <P>Find a work of art that brings out strong feelings in you. You could like it, hate it, think it's funny or have just about any feeling you can imagine as long as you want to write about it.</p> </LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ehow.com/how_2141370_write-ekphrastic-poem.html"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> <DIV class="stepBg">Step <SPAN>3</SPAN></DIV> <P>Take down notes of your reactions to the art you chose for your subject. You could focus on what you think the art depicts, how it makes you feel, how it would make your reader feel or some combination of those.</p> </LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ehow.com/how_2141370_write-ekphrastic-poem.html"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> <DIV class="stepBg">Step <SPAN>4</SPAN></DIV> <P>Begin to organize your notes into poetic language. Look for ways to paint a picture with your words so your reader will be able to see your subject and feel the feelings you associate with it.</p> </LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ehow.com/how_2141370_write-ekphrastic-poem.html"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> <DIV class="stepBg">Step <SPAN>5</SPAN></DIV> <P>Decide the form of your poem. 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