the black poems

The Black Poems by Steven Bruce
Behind the counter next to the bust of Goya at Librería Pérez Galdós in Madrid.

The Black Poems is a limited edition chapbook of ekphrastic poetry.
The collection responds to The Black Paintings, fourteen works by Francisco Goya housed in Madrid’s Prado Museum. Copies are held in select bookshops in London, Manchester, Barcelona, Madrid, Rome, Pisa, Florence, Paris, and Warsaw.