Posted in the World Wide Wednesday: Around the world in photographs
Photography /Poetry /Humour /Travel
Bikes of Helsinki
“I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.”
– Susan Sontag
World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki
City bikes of yellow
For every gal and fellow
Driving by and waving hello
Before we break for jell-o
Posted in the World Wide Wednesday: Around the world in photographs
Photography /Poetry /Humour /Travel
Bikes of Helsinki
“I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.”
– Susan Sontag
World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki
I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride my bike
Snow, hail or rain trickle
I am none too fickle
I want to ride my bike
Posted in Daily Photo
Photography /Poetry
“When the fishbowl gets too small, it’s time to pack up and leave and jump into the lake or ocean” Travie McCoy
Life in a Fishbowl for Daily Photo
Through the looking glass
Life in a fishbowl will pass
It may not have much class
Or even built to long to last
So drop down your stones
And spare by weary bones
This place, I call home
A small see-through fishbowl
Posted in Daily Photo
Photography /Poetry /Humour
“My evil genius Procrastination has whispered me to tarry ’til a more convenient season”
Mary Todd Lincoln
Evil for Daily Photo
They call me evil
But I am not illegal
I am pretty and pink
You try to act so tough
But, soon enough
Your teeth in me you’ll sink
But
I am not evil
I am a delicious
Dough-nut!
Posted in Celebration, Fandom, National Poetry Day
“Life is always struggle with eternal forces” Eino Leino
Eino Leino Day aka Day of the Poetry and Summer (06.07.2016)
Eino Leino (6 July 1878 – 10 January 1926) was a Finnish poet and journalist and is considered one of the pioneers of Finnish poetry. His poems combine modern and Finnish folk elements. The style of much of his work is like the Kalevala and folk songs. Nature, love, and despair are frequent themes in Leino’s work. He is beloved and widely read in Finland today.
Works in Finnish by Eino Leino at Project Gutenberg
Nocturne
(translated to English by Rupert Moreton)
Hark! My ears are catching corncrake’s clicking,
Silver moonlight shines on cobhead corn;
Summer evening’s blessing me, enriching,
Valley’s wreaths of smoky slash and burn.
Neither joying I, nor grieve I, mournful;
But for forest’s darkness am I yearnful,
Rose-gilt clouds the day’s protracted ending,
Windy sleeping hill o’er all extending,
Fragrant twinflower, shortening, lingering shade;
These the things from which my heart-song’s made.
Lady June-July, for you I’m singing,
Great the silence of my ardent heart,
Merry music make, for faith is mounting,
Verdant wreath of oak eternal start.
Foolish errands now I’ll make no longer,
Fortune blessèd hands will grasp the stronger;
Rippled pool of circles now decreasing;
Time has ceased and weathervane is sleeping;
Stretches road at twilit end of day,
Bound for home unknown, I take its way.
Posted in Daily Photo
Photography /Poetry /Humour
“Excuse me while I kiss the sky” Jimi Hendrix
Pink Sky for Daily Photo
The grey was so dull
It really hurt my skull
Added a dash of colour
Hoping, the sun soon would follow
Posted in Daily Photo
Photography /Poetry /Humour
“Excuse me while I kiss the sky” Jimi Hendrix
Pink Sky for Daily Photo
Peeking behind the dark leaves
Oh what a magnificent view I see
Pretty pink sky at night
It was really well worth the flight
Posted in Daily Photo
Photography /Poetry /Humour /Song
“If the shoe fits, it is probably worn out” Craig Bruce
Pink Suede shoes for Daily Photo
Don’t step on my pink suede shoes
Or I will be singing the blues
Instead of listening to all the boohoos
Just buy me a new pair of shoes
Because I have paid all my dues
And true shoes are my only muse
Don’t step on my pink suede shoes
Or I will be singing the blues
No more excuse
Turn on the news
There is nothing to loose
Except a cheap pair of shoes
Posted in Daily Photo
Photography /Poetry /Humour
“Frank stared at her. “But you throw Ding Dongs at monsters.”Iris looked horrified. “Oh, they’re not Ding Dongs.”She rummaged under the counter and brought out a package of chocolate covered cakes that looked exactly like Ding Dongs. “These are gluten-free, no-sugar-added, vitamin-enriched, soy-free, goat-milk-and-seaweed-based cupcake simulations.””All natural!” Fleecy chimed in.”I stand corrected.” Frank suddenly felt as queasy as Percy.”
Author: Rick Riordan
Gluten-free for Daily Photo
Flour, sugar and spice
Add a little something nice
Blueberries crowning the top
To what else
Would you want it to swap?
Sweet and delicious
Utterly precious
Completely nutritious
In all its existence
You know you want to
Don’t try to fight
So just go ahead
And take a bite!
Posted in Daily Photo
Photography /Poetry /Humour
“Excuse me while I kiss the sky” Jimi Hendrix
Pink Sky for Daily Photo
“I’ve painted it pink
Just like, the kitchen sink”
Said the little old lady
Who is always that shady
Rantings Of A Third Kind 