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ON THE BEACH AT NIGHT ALONE, by Walt Whitman

 

On the beach at night alone,

As the old mother sways her to and fro singing her husky song,

As I watch the bright stars shining, I think a thought of the clef of the universes and of the future.

 

A vast similitude interlocks all,

All spheres, grown, ungrown, small, large, suns, moons, planets,

All distances of place however wide,

All distances of time, all inanimate forms,

All souls, all living bodies though they be ever so different, or in different worlds,

All gaseous, watery, vegetable, mineral processes, the fishes, the brutes,

All nations, colors, barbarisms, civilizations, languages,

All identities that have existed or may exist on this globe, or any globe,

All lives and deaths, all of the past, present, future,

This vast similitude spans them, and always has spann'd,

And shall forever span them and compactly hold and enclose them.

 

it's a sight we see regularly but it always makes me stop and listen with my eyes.

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

- Robert Frost

A découvert soudain, l'horizon éclairci

Quand au détour des rues ses pas feutrés l'énoncent,

Libre enfin de s'assoir et rester aux aguets

Le félin apparait et domine les lieux.

°VolDeNuit°

 

Coated with white

Flocked in shiny pearls of ice

melting to earth

 

-TL

Qu'est-ce que la poésie ? Une pensée dans une image.

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]

What is poetry ? A thought in an image.

 

Inari -Lapland - June 2008

 

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From Where I Sit Series

It is written on the arched sky; it looks out from every star. It is the Poetry of Nature;

it is that which uplifts the spirit within us. John Ruskin

   

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I dont do photos ,,

dont blog

I tell stories of pain..

as it touches man

like the waves of the sea ..

without pain man

would never be free

pain is the essence

of humanity

the fruits of

our family tree ..

to be or not to be..

darkness at dawn

that gave birth to

my street poetry ,,

I Want to Start out the Day in the Mountains...

feeling a cool breeze across my face

with the sun shining and shadows cast

with the rustle of leaves from each passing breeze

with a symphony of birds waking in their roost

I want to start out the day and then journey forth.

 

Another work of short poetry or prose to complement the image captured this late morning around the Vivian Park with the peaks and ridges of Timpanogos off in the distance. While there was a bright afternoon sunlight that day, I was able find a good enough exposure in Manual mode to bring out the much of the colors present across the mountainside.

Ένα ξερό δαφνόφυλλο την ώρα αυτή θα πέσει,

το πρόσχημα του βίου σου και θ'απογυμνωθείς.

 

Με δέντρο δίχως φύλλωμα θα παρομοιωθείς,

που το χειμώνα απάντησε στου δρόμου εκεί τη μέση.

 

Κ.Καρυωτάκης.

right now

this very day

left floating

in whatever way

it wants to

this exact

and necessary

moment

at the summit

of the well

a cry

rose-colored

for the hand

that casts it down

a little act

of Christian love.

 

--P. Picasso

Urdu poetry by sabir

flooded fields, lake ellesmere, canterbury, new zealand

6th grade poetry project - we had to write poetry in various forms, illustrate them and then bind them into a book. I thought I'd post these for posterity. I was 10 when I wrote them!

Articulate

The house talked with the tree

At a still moment and for

No particular reason.

Their common language did

Not use words, and their mouths

Kept shut all the time.

 

oil transfer drawing monoprint

DM, 2023

I was getting to my sunset location when I saw this view being filled by the golden light. It was a crazy scene with kids running around madly, water streaks everywhere and music playing in the background. Once again, I pre-visualised my shot and waited patiently for the elements to isolate and come together.

 

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i love poetry. i really do. i especially love old poetry. the only problem is i have no idea what it means. it's just beautiful to read out loud. i have this one poetry book (which is featured in this picture) and i read it to my mom in the car. we laugh so hard because it's either really awkward or pretty much nonsense.

 

i love it.

Newly arrived and still a little camera shy !

View On Black

Love never truly dies

it sometimes fails

to thrive in virgin

ground of innocence

 

Its cold gray caliche

slowly pierced by wet

and eroded over time

 

Love evolves and then

what once was loathing

fueling hate subsides

as rocky soil recedes

 

Into thick clay and is

replaced by thoughts

well worth remembering

 

Love inspires it pulls

forth ancient smiles

invoked by all which

languished long ago

 

Ardent pungent scents

providing promise of

a perfect feast

 

Love lingers in our souls

beyond the heart and

conciousness, it slowly

seeks the light of years

 

but rises forth to seek

that which might be touched

and coaxes forth silent voice

 

Love never truly dies

despite the pain

and moments lost

the sweet essence

 

survives to coax

its magic voice to

call the spirit to arise

 

(DeHoll (c) 2008)

 

Sushi, poetry, hands, prickly backrests, nervous silences, and parallel universes just waiting on the other side of those puddles.

Fine, maybe not in this world, but perhaps in the next one over.

 

This day still makes me smile.

 

Edit: 4/29/11

Because no one reads these anyways and I need to get it out:

 

The photographer and the poet, what an unexpected pair, everyone tends to say.

 

This picture was from the day that we went on our second date and confessions came spilling out in that flooded playground. I wasn't sure what was to follow from that day--hell, I still don't know what's going to happen to us next--but since then, I've been so incredibly content and I have him to thank for that. Because of him, there have been so many more smiles, so many more tears (just from imagining the inevitable parting), so much more feeling and color to the world. Photos have been more inspired, colors have been coming out right for once, and I'm so satisfied with everything.

 

Today, the air around us was charged with something electric, crackling energy swirling around. Lips fit together for the first time, hearts raced in time. Afterwards, the world kept turning, clocks continued to tick, exactly the same as before--how is that possible when we are so changed? Yet, we're exactly the same as before. Nothing's changed. Funny how that works.

 

I find myself thinking back to that moment far too much now, forgetting to breathe and smiling like a fool every time I remember.

Someone had carved the poem "Trees" by Joyce Kilmer on a board and attached it to a giant fir in Cliff Gilker Park in Roberts Creek BC. I always enjoyed reading it whenever I walked through the park and here it is for this stand of poplar near Georgian Bay in Ontario.

 

TREES

 

by: Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918)

 

I THINK that I shall never see

A poem lovely as a tree.

 

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest

Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;

 

A tree that looks at God all day,

And lifts her leafy arms to pray;

 

A tree that may in Summer wear

A nest of robins in her hair;

 

Upon whose bosom snow has lain;

Who intimately lives with rain.

 

Poems are made by fools like me,

But only God can make a tree.

 

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This was once called instant poetry where passers by called scribble poetry on a blackboard. Eventually they chose Kirsty Dunn's poem to display permanently. The mural has also changed over time.

'Now You See It' - out now

Intrepid 4x5 mk3

Schneider-Kreuznach Super-Angulon 5.6/90mm

Fomapan 100 9x12cm

Spur AcurolN 1+50

Epson Perfektion V700 Photo

Silverfast9

ON1

  

The beautiful Hall clock designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh for The Hill House in Helensburgh.

Red whiskered bulbul with its wings spread out captured at Coorg.

I hold it true, whate'er befall;

I feel it, when I sorrow most;

'Tis better to have loved and lost

Than never to have loved at all.

 

From Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem, In Memoriam:27, 1850:

 

Breathtaking, dreamy hibiscus blooming in my back garden! A wonderful way to ease into Autumn!

Looking Close... on Friday! Theme: In a bottle

 

I have not particiapted in this group for quite a while as I've just not had the time or head space for it. Things have calmed down a little so hopefully I'll be able to participate more again.

 

Last year I discovered a Poetry Pharmacy in London and purchased a prescription bottle for each of my 3 children for their stockings (not mentioning the C word yet!). Inside each little pill is a poetry extract. You can choose the theme of the bottle of pills. Such a lovely idea, If you're interested take a look here.

 

I really appreciate all your comments and favourites.

Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.

~Robert Frost

deep rooted pain, probable, appropriate

not proportionate

this parable, slow blood-letting

of blossomed friendship going

a ghosting

once was dynamic digital dialogue

now short sharp snippets of words

then we opened outwards into infinity

response

reform

reduced

repose

ravished

this slow sudden ghosting of friendship lost

26,5 x 26,5 cm Black glass ambrotype

Hermagis 300mm at f4

exposure time 3 seconds

Real poetry doesn't need words.

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