Small Worlds I by Neil Ellman

Small Worlds I Painting by Wassily Kandinsky

Small Worlds I

(painting by Wassily Kandinsky)

Not an iota      not a dot

barely more than a particle of light

a syllable      a single word

a fragment of a sentence

without a point       and yet

contains  multitudes of meaning

myriad colors on a never-ending wheel

the shape of infinity in a drop of blood      

on the hands of time—

how small these worlds

this universe       in the darkness

of an amaranthine night

waiting for the light      the word

and the cries of a child

about to be born.

Neil Ellman is a poet from New Jersey.  He has published numerous poems, more than 1,000 of which are ekphrastic and written in response to works of modern art, in print and online journals, anthologies and chapbooks throughout the world.  He has been nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize and twice for Best of the Net.

Editors Note: This is an ekphrastic poem and based on a work of modern art. The title of this poem is that of the original image, Small Worlds I by Wassily Kandinsky - Image shown above.