Unknown, but Recognizable
a response to an unidentified print found long ago in a dusty art shop Her yellow bow flopping, Dressed only in drawers, She shocks the three girls Who watch her from shore. Her slash of a scowl Beneath a red bob Affirms their opinion: Unladylike slob. She wades in the breakers; They’re far from such sin. Her arms act as ballast; Their censure, the wind. But unlike the trio Who all turn away, The watery sprite Defiantly plays. So hers is the face shown Reflected on sea And hers the two eyes That beckon just me To pluck the shrunk print From the shopkeeper’s mess And take home the one Who couldn’t care less. Julia Rocchi Julia Rocchi writes prose, poetry, prayers, and picture books. She holds an MA in Writing (Fiction) from Johns Hopkins University. Her fiction has appeared in Mulberry Fork Review, and her poetry has appeared in Ekphrastic Review and the anthology Unrequited: Love Letters to Inanimate Objects. Julia lives in Arlington, Virginia, with her husband. Editor's note: The Ekphrastic Review is sorry to break the spell this mystery print had on the poet by identifying it! The painting was called "The Water's Fine," by American impressionist Edward Potthast. The work's date is not known, but the artist lived from 1857-1927.
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May 2025
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