The Great Wave of Kanagawa

This week, we have some poetry - ekphrastic pieces from students based on famous pieces of artwork.  This first poem by Victor is based on Hokusai's "The Great Wave of Kanagawa".

It really captures the sea's power and menace with strong imagery, some vivid similes, and good choices when it comes to line breaks.

Enjoy!















The Great Wave

Foreigners sailing:
Curiosity has tempted them,
As they went up to the wave and
Bedeviled the wave's true strength,
For they believed that it was only a legend,
only a fake.

It riled the sea.

Fog came near,
storms circling them,
like vultures circling dead animals.
Waves pushing them back and forth making them sick as blue.
Waves with claw-like arms,
Arms once from humans,
But humans that lost their souls to the sea.

The wave devours each and every victim.

As it was all silent,
The storm and fog swept away and showed only
Broken boats.