<p><strong>Ekphrastic poems broaden and deepen our understanding of their subjects; only the best ones however match their visual eloquence. In Hoyt Rogers's marvelous new volume Heard in Art time and again whether addressing works from Titian or Vermeer Tintoretto Caravaggio or Claesz sublimely with wild erudition they do. </strong></p><p></p><p></p>