The Great Wave 神奈川�™�浪裏

My Ekphrasitic Poem as a Villanelle - A study of Hokusai's "The Great Wave"

 

Okinami �" mighty in the open ocean

off Kanagawa�"Two fisherman’s boats climb

The mountain, Fuji.

 

Blue and blue and blue and white

Rowing, reeling, rising roar

            Okinami �" mighty in the open ocean

 

Centered solid permanent

Wall of water

The mountain, Fuji.

 

Ominous

Beautiful 

            Okinami

 

Capped in white

And a white spray

The mountain, Fuji.

 

Rising cloud in pinkish sky

The guard whispers,

“Closing time.”

Okinami �" mighty in the open ocean

The mountain, Fuji.