EKPHRASIS: Art & Poetry edited by Liz Blood
Ekphrasis is an ongoing series joining verse and visual art. Here, Mason Whitehorn Powell responds to Steve Blesh’s mixed media work, that’s life.
Is This It?
We were all enemies Without one the wiser. Vying for sunlight, Water and air. Particles of life flashed like Lightning, giving and taking. I internalized this world Until my debt was intangible, And all that was not me became An assault on my existence. Perhaps it didn’t have to be so? If I had the chance to become Someone new. My rebirth could be A second coming or reclaiming Steve Blesch is a visual, sound, and installation artist from Tulsa. Their work is inspired by the relationship between humans and nature and explores themes ranging from tranquility to malevolence. Mason Whitehorn Powell is an independent journalist and poet from Osage County, Oklahoma. A tribal member of the Osage Nation, his writing often focuses on Indigenous arts and representation.
24 e k p h r a s i s
Of better days. If it’s too late Is not a question for me to answer.
