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Wings
by Anthony West
If I had wings to fly
I'd breathe in deep
and spread them wide
as I leap from the cliff
into the wind
where the gulls glide.
Crossing this wide sea
I glide above cruel waves
that reach up to drown my flight
in their cold
deep
blue-green graves.
And as your day grows slowly light
I'd arrive on worn-out wings
to hold you
in your waking dreams
and feel you soft
and gently warm
in my embrace at last.
All patriotic this week. The chins have nothing to do with it - I just can't resist photographing them. They're so affectionate with each other now.
Me in my pool last summer (2006). Remember, I'm not only the model but I'm also the photographer. Sorry about missing heads in some of them. Some of you might actually breathe a sign of relief.........bastards!!
A quick self-portrait taken just before I left for the wedding. Few self-portraits show me with any sort of smile, since I usually am struggling with apertures, distance, self-timers and such. But this was shot from the hip on a happy day.
Selfreflection in Amsterdam. Taken with a Sony HX200V. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)
This month I am celebrating my 7th Flickr Birthday...I would have never thought that this thing would be so much fun and have such an influence on my life when I opened my account in 2006. I want to thank all of you lovely people for making it such a great experience, and of course also a big thank you to the Interwebs for offering such interesting ways to share part of our lives with the rest of the world...on to the next 7 years :)
'Like' me on Facebook :)
Capturing my shadow while taking a this picture.
Located in Quincy, MA, these steps are part of a structure built in the 1930s: The O'Rourke Field field house was one of the thousands of Depression Era New Deal type projects. The crack across the width of the top step is likely due to the building's settling (it is located in an area that periodically floods due to its proximity to Furnace Brook). Otherwise the stone building itself is fully intact and still used to support the many activities of the O'Rourke Playground, named after John J. O'Rourke, a South Quincy resident wounded in WWI.
A sepia version of the photo of me.
As I said in my comments on the other photo, I hate having my photo taken so you are very lucky to see this :-)
My picture of Anthony of M83 in the January/February Best of 2011 Issue.
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