Poetry and Photography
“I love September, especially when we’re in it” Willie Stargell
September in Suburbia, Part One
Sunshine, rain, a rainbow
Blue skies, dark skies, a rainbow
The weather in constant turmoil
Life in constant recoil
Colours on the leaves turning
From green to bright red flaring
Observing through the viewfinder
All of Mother Nature’s wonder
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower” Albert Camus
Autumn Leaves
Bright red, yellow and orange
Just like spring time in Florence
The Autumn leaves are morphing
Like the cooling stars dwarfing
The colours of the trees
As far as eyes can see
Gorgeous and beautiful
More plentiful, more wonderful
Than you could have bargained for
I can hardly wait what more
Autumn has in store
“What I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce” Karl Lagerfeld
Throwback Thursday 2015-09-24
Today is time for a walk down memory lane again and dig into the archives of Rantings Of A Third Kind
Here are a few of them:
Stuck Between a Poem and a Hard Place
Having My Cake and Eating It Too
Let the Rantings continue!!!
“It is curious how often humans manage to obtain that which they do not want” Mr Spock
Highly Illogical
I find You
Absolutely fascinating
Extremely interesting
Utterly charming
Highly intriguing
Totally captivating
I am
Spellbound and transfixed
By all certainty, bewitched
Wrapped around Your little finger
If I could, I would linger
I am only
Admiring You
From a distance
Still with persistence
But slightly askew
If
An instance
Would arise
It would be
My greatest price
Up close and personally
Give my thanks, my gratitude most cordially
Yet
I find myself
Highly illogical
An homage to Poetry
“Breathe-in experience, breathe-out poetry” Muriel Rukeyser
Stuck Between a Poem and a Hard Place
I am a poet
But did not know it
Now I am writing
Lyrics without biting
The bullets
My mind to the fullest
Hammering the keyboard
Not a big chore
No, not anymore
Ever since I started
I cannot be parted
From the blank page
That clean slate
Words pouring
My heart roaring
I feel elevated
Totally animated
Full of excitement
I am completely and utterly
Lost in Poetry
A poem a day keeps the Shrink away!
“Don’t be a bitter Bitch!
Just make them EAT IT, HONEY!”
Latrice Royale
Having My Cake and Eating It Too
Having my cake
And eating it too
May be
A catch twenty-two
Having it both ways
Without any pays
Looking for clues
Paying my dues
Powerless against sacrifice
Not willing to compromise
Finding ways to circumvent
Avoiding getting dents
Still my cake is crumbling down
Falling into little pieces
Not worth even half a crown
Soon enough ceases
To exist
Vaporizing into mist
Who ever finds the recipe
To uncover this mystery
Please feel free
To share it with me
“Just remember if we are caught, you are deaf and I don’t speak English”
My Partner In Crime
The things
We treasure
In life
My Parter
In Crime
Elevates me
When I am down
On the ground
Kicking, screaming
Of the unfairness
Of it all
Anchors me
When I am high
In flight
My achievements
Elevating me
Reminds me
Of keeping
The faith
When I wallow
Deep
In self-doubt
I am the Jester
To her Queen
The Trabant
To her Ferrari
Where ever
She leads
I am not
Far behind
I would be
Totally lost
Without
My Partner
In Crime
“A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world” Leo Buscaglia
A glimpse into the archives of photography from around the world from Rantings Of A Third Kind on Wednesdays.
Posts so far:
Around the World in Black and White, First Edition
Around the World in Black and White, Second Edition, Part One
Around the World in Black and White, Second Edition, Part Two
Around the World in Black and White, Second Edition, Part Three
Around the World in Black and White Presents: Third Edition: Rhodes Island, Part One
Around the World in Black and White Presents: Third Edition: Rhodes Island, Part Two
Around the World in Black and White Presents: Fourth Edition: Rhodes Island, Part One
Around the World in Black and White Presents: Fourth Edition: Rhodes Island, Part Two
Around the World in Black and White Presents: Fifth Edition: Cyprus
Around the World in Black and White Presents: London in the Rain
Around the World in Black and White Presents: London
World Wide Wednesday Presents: Natural History Museum, London
World Wide Wednesday Presents: Helsinki City Centre in Black and White
World Wide Wednesday Presents: Athens, Acropolis
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart” Helen Keller
World Wide Wednesday Presents:Athens, Acropolis
Basking in the sun
Athens, Acropolis
A place of fun
A place of knowledge
Climbing up the mountain
Looking for the fountain
Of wisdom and history
Shrouded in mystery
Walking in the footsteps
Of the ancient Greeks
But, watch your steps
On the narrow streets
Once reaching the top
The effort but one hop
The view of awe and beauty
You know it really was your duty
Poetry and Photography
“My poor vision gives me a soft-focus morning. For the first half hour, I kind of wander through my house, and everything is a blur. I put my contacts in when I’m ready to deal with the world” Carrie Ann Inaba
Soft Vision
Sometimes looking at life
Through soft blurry vision
Is like giving up the strife
Moving towards wisdom
Being out of focus
May sound bogus
But it can really be
A very good thing
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