(after the painting by Roy Lichtenstein)

Anywhere, wherever

a yellow cup filled with hypnotic sounds

the allure of a liquid voice

enthralls the ear

hears the sound of magic in the drink

the holiest of the holy grails, she

contemplates the past, the future

now in a cup of tea

tries to knows the meaning

of who she is, why and where

nowhere at all in a yellow cup

in an everyday life

beside an empty table top.

Author bio:

Twice nominated for Best of the Net, as well as for the Rhysling Award from the Science Fiction Poetry Association, Neil Ellman writes from New Jersey. Hundreds of his poems, many of which are ekphrastic and written in response to works of modern and contemporary art, appear in print and online journals, chapbooks and anthologies throughout the world. His first full-length collection, Parallels, brings together more than 200 of his previously published ekphrastic works.