Poems, Pixels, & Prose!
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Spring is nature's way of saying, 'Let's Party!"
~ Robin Williams
This is the last in my series of four crocus images.
Shot with Pentacon AV and 12mm extension tube.
The prose game "He loves me, he loves me not" (effeuiller la marguerite in French) is associated with this flower.
After a miserably hectic week, I have a few things to show off!
If you haven't stopped by Kurenai yet, you should stop by for a unique variety of Japanese and Taiwanese fashion! There the Yuzu Onzen decoration available from Violetility, and these awesome bento Nogitsune tails and ears available from Aii!
We <3 RP just opened as well, where you can grab this lovely Azrael Mask and Arrow from Azoury! There's also a wide variety of 50L items from a ton of vendors this month, so check it out!
Song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfFTT3iz740
Credits: Check out my blog!
Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.
~Rumi
“You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.”
- Khalil Gibran
Thank you everyone for your wonderful prayers and good wishes. I am not very well at the moment, but will try to stop by at the weekends. God bless xo
Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uJ61jgFCMM
FADE INTO YOU – MAZZY STAR
ABUNDANCY
Pure of heart lights the way
shines like sun in the month of May
carries me throughout this day
Abundancy of Love
How I wish I could slip away
to my little island not far away
and linger longer; warm hazy days
Abundancy of Being
I can see you in my dreams
feel your touch and all it seems
is all I need and tranquil streams
Abundancy of Soul
Roses perfumed sweetness flows
cherry blossom falls like snow
seasons come and seasons go
Abundancy of Nature
Silence; tranquil; peace and quiet
nightingales sing throughout the night
twinkling winking stars and moonlight
Abundancy of Heaven
Close my eyes and turn my cheek
love me if I'm who you seek
refresh my spirit when I feel weak
Abundancy of Life
Open my heart and let me sing
beauty is found in everything
be more aware and life will bring
Abundancy of All.
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Taken at ONE BILLION RISING
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"Look at your feet. You are standing in the sky. When we think of the sky, we tend to look up, but the sky actually begins at the earth." - Diane Ackerman
F.L.Y. = First Love Yourself
“This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet.”
- Rumi
Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI30hRorelY
ONLY TO FLY – CHRIS REA
Zebra fly, zebra fly
what are you doing here
where are you going on this fine day
in your striped pyjamas
watching the panorama
can you hear the sea come in
to our little bay
have you been up to London
in your pin-striped suit
tell me was it busy
did you have a hoot
did you take your car
or did you just commute
Zebra fly, zebra fly
with your new Doc Marten boots
how I love the retro vibe
it's trending now in hot pursuit
with your big and stylish sunglasses
tinted red do you imbibe
a Pimm's and High Tea on the lawn
will you take a bribe
or can I gatecrash anyway
and join you on the bench
a Summer's day is here to stay
to leave is such a wrench
Zebra fly, zebra fly
please do mind the gap
at the station there are signs
next to the Underground map
you're looking good against the wood
you seem so cool; relaxed
your wings transparent, clear and bright
shining like they've just been waxed
Zebra fly, zebra fly
one more thing before I go
can a zebra really fly
an urban myth or no ...
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Happy Flyday and a Beautiful Weekend dear friends <3
I am at hospital ... nothing to worry about. Will catch up soon x
“You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy. So let them go, let go of them. I tie no weights to my ankles.”
― C. JoyBell C.
Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxzdA60uDrU
DINGLY DELL - LINDISFARNE
Fading ideals and memories
hidden beneath the stack
of letters and photographs
piled so high; yellowing
on dusty shelves once painted black
now peeling and dimple-dinted
by hammers and glancing blows
like my heart has taken
what my soul already knows
that we can never get back those times
of sweet halcyon days
when endless rhymes
fell from my lips into your ears
you held me so tight and quelled my fears
but like back then and so like now
the memory of you still dries my tears
and I feel your presence throughout the years
but there's no real use in looking back
except as a reminder that once all was well
those days of laughter in Dingly Dell
the smudges of mud from our runs in the hills
collapsing and breathless and laughing like stills
from an old movie we watched on cold Winter nights
over and over until we could recite
each and every phrase word perfect to our delight
smiling eyes joined our souls and set passions alight
now all I have left are those memories
they keep me warm; those sweet histories
but that's alright as long as I know
that the struggle for you that ran deeper than snow
is no longer a struggle; no longer a blow
you found new horizons; new sunsets and sunrise
the pale yellow moon lights up all your highways
you travel alone without me by your side
tucked into your breast pocket a note where I lied
telling you I was ok and not to worry about me
I loved you so much; I let you fly free
I never much wanted a caged bird you see
I would never me happy; you would never feel free
that is what true love is
the ability to know
when it's the right thing to stay
or the right thing to go
and I know it's the right thing in letting you go
because I also feel freer and I hope that you know
it will never be over; this love that I have
but I no longer feel burdened and I rarely feel sad
we can live with the peace in our minds and our souls
and the space in our heart that's reserved for us all
to let new love in; like the cherry tree flowers
that fill up my senses and transform my hours
to days and then weeks; to months and then years
until finally I get it; there is no reason to fear
we all must let go before we get back
the love that we give; the freedom we lack
I hope you are thinking as I'm thinking of you
the love we created will serve someone new.
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GOD'S WAY by Wm. Cowper
God moves in a mysterious way, His Wonders to perform--
He plants His footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm."
tonight's prose…
some days
peace is hard to find
some nights
sleep won't come
remember to breathe
and, listen...
for enlightened words
riding on the breeze.
Love is always the answer.
-- me.
following my own path.
conjuring nirvana.
learning to sit with uncertainty.
living in questions, rather than answers.
choosing survival over healing.
embracing impermanence.
training the dragon in my heart.
reflecting on the mind - so excitable,
so uncertain, so difficult to control.
walking in trauma… the journey of my lifetime.
exploring this nondualistic universe.
surrounded by mystery.
inhale love… exhale doubt.
❣️ 💙 📷 🐄 🐾 🐎 💋
🌼 ❄️ 🎼 ✍️ 💕️ ✨
a soldier of peace
in the army of love.
I am my mother's daughter.
I am midnight's sun.
You can find me on the moon
waxing and waning,
my heart full of petals,
every single one begging
love me, love me, love me....
Whoever I am.
Whoever I become.
A photo that didn't get done before my birthday trip out of town... though too late for the event... I wanted to get it done.
I Was Walking for Many Kilometers, While Looking Around for Miles and Miles
I finally found what I was looking for, and it was all around.
The toils of life can get you down, but you just have to keep moving on and not stopping.
So as I surveyed the lake and reflections nearby, I was pleased to enjoy the view of mountains with blue skies and clouds above!
Another work of short poetry or prose to complement the image captured one morning in Denali State Park while walking the Byers Lake Trail. This was a view looking to the northwest across the lake with its reflections to mountain peaks beyond. One can see a little bit of Denali, hidden in the clouds in the image midpoint a little left of center. Other than the peaceful, serene look to the setting, I just wanted to capture the view that I happened across on the far side of the lake. At this time in the late morning, the waters were quite still, except for the occasional salmon coming up to grab a bug or whatever.
I did some initial post-processing work making adjustments to contrast, brightness and saturation while playing around as I learned how to work with DxO PhotoLab 3 that I’d recently purchased after moving away from Capture NX2. I then exported a TIFF image to Nik Color Efex Pro 4 where I added a Polarization and Pro Contrast filter for that last effect on the image captured.
It's the first day of the month, and this is a first of a new series. Hopefully I can upload some more in the future...
Good Morning!
Water Cascading Down Stream
I sit upon a waterfall
My fur spotted with grass and bramble
Where are the fish?
Where are the salmon?
I will sit some more and maybe walk around
The older one in the corner stares blankly at the water
I think he's also asking about the salmon
I'm hungry!
So goes on the day at Brooks Falls.
Another work of short poetry or prose to complement the image captured one afternoon in while at the Falls Platform watching the brown bears and their quest for salmon in Katmai National Park & Preserve. A friend and I spent many an hour watching these bears move about, some seemingly standing for a long time as they waited or put their heads in the water looking for salmon to eat. These platforms for watching the bears are truly one of the best spots to observe one small part of the wildness of nature in this national park :-) My poem was kind of from the point of view of this one bear as it just continued to sit, and sometimes move about waiting for salmon to make that six foot jump over the falls.
I captured this with my Nikon D800E SLR camera using a Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2 lens.
"But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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I'm a sucker for wildflowers; more so when they're truly wild in a field. I love them, they brighten any spot, even the side of a road that's riddled with potholes.
And so, this morning when I was walking back from an appointment and spotted this field of wild growth I had to pull the camera out and see what I could capture.
No field is ever the same. If I were to go back tomorrow, it would be different and I think that's what I love about places like this.
Variety, it's the spice of life!
Hope everyone has had a good day.
Click "L" for a larger view.
Be My Love in the Rain
My wonder in the sunlight
My silence in a world screaming aloud
My conscience when others run amok
My sanity in the madness.
Another work of short poetry or prose to complement the image captured one morning in Black Canyon of The Gunnison National Park while walking the Rim Rock Trail. This had been the first point I’d stopped the day prior upon entering this national park at Tomichi Point. To say that it was amazing, might be a little bit of an understatement! So I was walking along the Rim Rock Trail from the visitor center to this point and took a few minutes to once again soak in the view. I decided to angle my Nikon SLR camera slightly downward and capture more of the sweeping view looking down into the canyon and then across to a far distant horizon. I also felt that minimizing the negative space of the blue skies above would also help in the composition of this vista-like view. Nearby would be in focus, while the sunlight and haze would create more of a "dreamy like" look to the more distant portions of this national park setting and canyon.
I later worked with control points in DxO PhotoLab 3 and then made some adjustments to bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted for the final image.
EI-FVY - Boeing B-737-800 - Norwegian Air International
(Aleksis Kivi tail-c/s)
at Duesseldorf Rhein/Ruhr Airport (DUS)
c/n 42.092 - built in 2017
Aleksis Kivi , born Alexis Stenvall, (10 October 1834 – 31 December 1872) was a Finnish author who wrote the first significant novel in the Finnish language, Seitsemän veljestä ("Seven Brothers") in 1870. Although Kivi was among the very earliest authors of prose and lyrics in Finnish, he is still considered one of the greatest.
(Photo: G. Dickmann)