Ruby Throats

Ekphrastic Poem of painting with same name by Sage Vaughn

Smoke clouds climb
from land into the sky
while on trumpet flowered vine,
a hummingbird perches nearby.

Helicopter hovers
over beauty amidst the destruction
as the bird attracts to him a lover
with ruby throated seduction.

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Written for "EXPRESS IT IN EIGHT " , 3/27/22
Ekphrastic Poem of painting with same name by Sage Vaughn
8 lines
Prompt: Ekphrastic Poetry! (poetry that explores art; the poet engages in written form with any type of visual art)
painting chosen was "Ruby Throats" by Sage Vaughn