| Quibbles notwithstanding, paintings like this became visual essays on the books they adorned: the equivalent, in reverse, of so-called ekphrastic poems about works of art. |
| This substantial section of more recent work, subtitled Poems 1988-2010, is remarkably cohesive, seamlessly moving between two of the writer's most characteristic genres, ekphrastic poetry and nature poetry. |
| His method relies on the enargeia and even on the vivid and dynamic effect of irrupting energies that break through the stylised, ekphrastic mise en scene. |
| But if more such guides contained ekphrastic poetry, the idea might be a little more appealing. |
