This paper presents the author's reflections on the " conversation " between Painting and Poetry. These two forms of art, in their enduring capacity to generate emotional response, understanding and appreciation of life, capture the essence of a scene, thought, experience, and/or worldview in a very competent manner. The paper proposes that in an ekphastic poem an image and the verses of a poem
... [Show full abstract] can complement each other and become functional and interconnected elements at representing the world, in the way it is perceived and experienced by both, the painter and the poet. " Tempus fugit: Life is short " is the title of a poem by Clinia M. Saffi, and " Life is Short " is the title of a painting by Luis E. Sabrogio, which appear in the book of poems Poesía pintada: Tempus fugit. This paper analizes both works as an example to demonstrate the above assertion. The poem is about a conversation between the poetic voice and death and expresses the poet's efforts at finding inspiration on the visual representation and the singular force of its pathos. In the poem " Tempus fugit: Life is short, " the poet " translates " forms and colors into sounds, patterns, and metaphors. At the same time, the poem opens a space where other elements and possibilities of interpreting the pinteract. In this manner, the poem evades the dialectic of word and images or " ekphastic indifference " ; and, it fruitfully approaches the " Ekphrastic hope " or a terrain where painting serves as a stimulus to the imagination by awaking in the poetic voice an unusual inspiration.