An Ekphrastic Poem

Life Born of the Sea

Dale Chihuly

Cobalt Blue Persian Set with Cadmium Red Lips

I hear sounds of surf rolling in

 Secret cobalt seas--

Kissed by cadmium sun

Tossed by gentle winds

Small waves splash in—

Sea cradle of blue, rippled with green

Pale sunlight slides down through.

Then vibrant life

Life begun in the rocking sea cradle

Born of sunlight, sand and water

Pure alchemy.

Green and ochre vibrations

Tumbled and tossed

Rippling, rolling roiling waves—

Life trembles

 Wave after wave

                                                 Tosses life’s splendors ashore:

Strange living shapes

Transparent, round, tubular

Cast upon shore from living waters

From near and afar.

 

                                                                                         --Barbara Spring