Christina's World by Andrew Wyeth (Ekphrastic IP)

By well-wisher

Sun, 25 Jun 2017

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Buildings, far - off and grey
seen across a vast field
like a yellow ocean
waiting to be sailed
and, lying on the shore,

Christina.

Certificate U

Poem

Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)

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I did some research into the

Permalink Submitted by well-wisher on Sun, 2017-06-25 15:48

I did some research into the intention of the painter Andrew Wyeth when he painted Christinas world and he said that he wanted to show a world that Christina would conquer so thats what I tried to express in the poem.

Oh look, a link. I wonder where it leads.

JoHn

I love this piece well-wisher

Permalink Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on Sun, 2017-06-25 16:27

I love this piece well-wisher. I've added the image for people who don't know it

Pic:http://tinyurl.com/y8g2yn49

Such an interesting painting

Permalink Submitted by Jane Hyphen on Sun, 2017-06-25 16:43

Such an interesting painting and an insightful piece, love it.

Its always been one of my

Permalink Submitted by well-wisher on Mon, 2017-07-03 13:11

Its always been one of my favourite paintings. Its quite haunting.