A1918 newspaper advert claimed that it can also inspire a poem of relatively few lines that will stand alongside it, complementing it, teasing out fresh nuances from it, enhancing the experience of it for reader and viewer alike. Many of the entries in the competition for ekphrastic poetry did all of this and more. Some of the poems concentrated on statues, dance and other highly visual arts, but most considered pictures. There were poems that described them or drew the reader under the skin of a character or object portrayed. Some poems focused on the artist at work, others on the models posing. Some captured the mood of the picture, others shifted the angle and made
