{"id":3467,"date":"2015-02-12T20:42:54","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T20:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/?p=3467"},"modified":"2015-03-27T00:52:12","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T00:52:12","slug":"breakthrough-1-ekphrastic-poem-by-neil-ellman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/breakthrough-1-ekphrastic-poem-by-neil-ellman\/","title":{"rendered":"Breakthrough 1. Ekphrastic Poem by Neil Ellman"},"content":{"rendered":"

(after the lithograph by Robert Rauschenberg)
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\"Breakthrough-1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Penetrate the impenetrable.<\/strong>
\n Permeate the impermeable.<\/strong>
\n Breach the unbreachable.<\/strong>
\n Pry open the tight-fist grip of time<\/strong>
\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and split the atom to its soul.<\/strong>
\n Break through to the other side<\/strong>
\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 where stars, grown dark,<\/strong>
\n \u00a0 \u00a0 have left an empty space.<\/strong>
\n Puncture heaven itself<\/strong>
\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and insinuate your dreams<\/strong>
\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 where none had ever been<\/strong>
\n then carve out a Zodiac with an image<\/strong>
\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 of yourself<\/strong>
\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 to lord it over the universe<\/strong>
\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 as if you can.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"Neil<\/a><\/p>\n

Biography: Nominated for the Pushcart Prize<\/em> and Best of the Net<\/em>, Neil Ellman writes from New Jersey. More than 1000 of his poems, many of which are ekphrastic and written in response to works of modern and contemporary art, appear in print and online journals, anthologies and chapbooks throughout the world. His first full-length collection is Parallels: Selected Ekphrastic Poetry, 2009-2012<\/em> (Omphaloskeptic Press).<\/strong><\/p>\n

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(after the lithograph by Robert Rauschenberg)   Penetrate the impenetrable. Permeate the impermeable. Breach the unbreachable. Pry open the tight-fist grip of time \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and split the atom to its soul. Break through to the other side \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 where stars, grown dark, \u00a0 \u00a0 have left an empty space. Puncture heaven itself \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and insinuate … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3037,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519,43],"tags":[603,18,136,3],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3467"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3467"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3881,"href":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3467\/revisions\/3881"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}