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Kind of a Hurricane Press has published an anthology of poems and flash fiction with the theme of ekphrasis–a writer’s reaction to a work of art. In my case I wrote a piece called “Leonora’s Disposition” as a reaction to “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik,” oil on canvas by Dorothea Tanning, 1943. The anthology is called In Gilded Frame and is edited by A.J. Huffman and April Salzano. Click here to purchase the print version.

Dorothea Tanning’s stunning work of art can be viewed here.

Here’s the first paragraph of “Leonora’s Disposition” to, hopefully, whet your appetite:

Leonora’s mother despised Leonora’s disposition, slouching shoulders and dark hair that resolved into knots at the least provocation, so much so that her constant pining for a model child, unable to be fulfilled in the usual manner, moved her husband to hire a manufacturer of waxworks.