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A Secret Beauty (Mona Lisa): A Series in Ekphrasis by Ella Yamamura, 14

Post Published August 10, 2022 by Ella Yamamura

I was tired of convincing Lisa to smile. Every time we sat down with her, she simply crossed her arms and stared at me through a set of deep, solemn eyes, her mouth refusing to curl into a smile.
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Frost (Portrait of Madame X): A Series in Ekphrasis by Ella Yamamura, 14

Post Published June 10, 2022 by Ella Yamamura

The Face of Winter She stands— a frozen flower; frostbitten. A gaze that could wither the sturdiest tree is aimed at the right. Bull’s eye.
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The Great Beast (The Great Wave off Kanagawa): A Series in Ekphrasis by Ella Yamamura, 14

Post Published May 13, 2022 by Ella Yamamura

The great beast tipped with an army of acid claws it sported a color blue so deep you could fall in and no one would see you sink. It’s favorite kind of prey were the ones with ...
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Starry Night: A Series in Ekphrasis by Ella Yamamura, 14

Post Published March 29, 2022 by Ella Yamamura

Our village looks like a mirror without a reflection, lively, but bland. It wouldn’t, normally, but the village of Starry Night just a couple fields away outshines us by a million stars. Literally.
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The Person Who Screamed

Post Published July 3, 2020 by Ella Yamamura

Artwork: The Scream by Edvard Munch I penetrated the famous artwork with my gaze as I imagined myself inside the painting–glorious, I thought. The colors swirled around the painting–some wobbly, ...
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