Posted in Camera Lucida Photo Challenge: Hidden
Photography and Poetry
“Not a visible enthusiasm but a hidden one, an excitement burning with a cold flame.”
Patrick Süskind
Disguised Railway Carriage
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Camera Lucida Photo Challenge:
Create a new post with the title CAMERA LUCIDA followed by the theme name.
Winter Morning (Camera Lucida)
Posted in Seasonal
Poetry, Photography, Humour
&
In response to Camera Lucida, Winter Mornings
“Winter is a season of recovery and preparation” Paul Theroux
Winter Morning
Early winter morning
Early, before the dawning
Fresh tracks in the powdery snow
Carefully found before the wind blows
The snowflakes frozen
Glazed against the window
Ski tracks on the ground
But not a soul to be found
The crescent moon
Present before noon
But not far behind
The sun with its shine
Who the Hell is Gun?
Posted in Camera Lucida Photo Challenge, Self Portrait
Photography and Poetry
“I cannot sing, dance, act or write, but it never stopped me from doing any of those things” Gun Roswell
Who the Hell is Gun?
She thinks she is the Gun with the fastest bullets
She sure loves her creature comforts
Her chair, her Trek, her Mac and coffee
Maybe even some added toffee
Home sweet home
Her true heart’s motto
Write more and still some more
Her work etchic on the dot-o
A holiday spent in a warmer climate
Cheeks will turn the colour of tomatoes
Fuel it will for a year’s worth
Surely going onwards strong with mirth
Even of her car she wrote
A little tale, oh what a poet!
Drag Queens, comedy, science fiction
Between them not always a clear distinction
Her home filled with objet d’arts
A collection long ago did start
Oh and did I mention the many a shoes?
Maybe even a witch’s brew?
Her leg was operated a while ago
Now fully mended and on the go
High heels come a clacking
When someone at the door is knocking
Strong and independent is her mindset
But do not that let
Fool you into thinking
She is not as soft as a kitten
When it comes to her and hers
You can softly hear her purr
When the working day is done
Let the slumber surely come
Creatures of the Back Yard
Photography and Poetry: Camera Lucida Photo Challenge
Week 14: Garden Treasure
This week’s theme: Garden Treasure
– a piece of ground adjoining a house, used for growing flowers, fruit, or vegetables
– a quantity of precious metals, gems, or other valuable objects.
“Woman is the sun, an extraordinary creature, one that makes the imagination gallop” Marcello Mastroianni
Creatures of the Back Yard
They are strange and rusted
Quite possibly really busted
Those little peculiar creatures
Of my own back yard
It’s all part of nature
Despite the man made feature
Those little odd beasties
Of my own back yard
You really got to love them
They may be impure gems
Those little strange beings
Of my own back yard
Camera Lucida: Reflections
Poetry and Photography
Posted in week #13 of Camera Lucida Photo Challenge, Reflections
“It’s always interesting to look at reflections…are they really the same as the reality?
How many times did you look at your own reflection and wondered if that’s how the world sees you…?”
“The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face”
William Makepeace Thackeray
Camera Lucida: Reflections
Glass, wood, concrete
How this scene to complete?
Add a dash of colour
Maybe a selfie to follow?
Through the looking glass
Time slowly will pass
The observer’s delight
Is the turning of the light
Scenery, water, skies
Even a high rise
At this altitude
The surprise is an absolute
CAMERA LUCIDA – METAL
Posted in week #12 of Camera Lucida Photo Challenge, Metal
“a solid material which is typically hard, shiny, malleable, fusible, and ductile, with good electrical and thermal conductivity (e.g. iron, gold, silver, and aluminium, and alloys such as steel).
broken stone for use in road-making.
“the work also involves dealing with rock aggregates for potential use as suitable road metal”
“I have metal in my body, so every time I go to an airport, the metal detector goes off” Jesse Ventura
‘CAMERA LUCIDA’ – METAL
Silver, copper, rust
Maybe even a little dust
Streetlights built of heavy metal
Into the lift, no need for pedals
Old machines getting a new start
As being cultured objet d’arts
The strongest of coffees
Brewed in a rusted pot
Down the drain the water flows
Where it goes, no one knows
Camera Lucida: Autumn Lane
Photography and Poetry: Camera Lucida Photo Challenge
Week Eleven: Autumn Lane
“By all these lovely tokens September days are here, With summer’s best of weather And autumn’s best of cheer” Helen Hunt Jackson
Camera Lucida: Autumn Lane
The view from my window
Almost like a suburban meadow
Nature growing wild and free
Only a glimpse of the road I see
The pathway to our house
Narrow and more fitting for a mouse
Black asphalt with a touch of green
Surrounded by colours more gorgeous
Than I ever seen
Mirror mirror on the wall
Which of the seasons
Is the prettiest of them all
Why Autumn of course
Such a nature’s force
‘CAMERA LUCIDA’ – THE SIGN
Photography and Poetry, Photo Challenge, Camera Lucida, Week 9
“If you were waiting for a sign, this is it”
‘CAMERA LUCIDA’ – THE SIGN
Whether looking for a wine tasting
Or a payphone to call back home
You may find something amazing
When you are on the roam
Follow all the signs
They will lead you to a price
But you may be surprised
When the credit card bill arrives
‘CAMERA LUCIDA’ – DIVERGENT
Photography and Poetry, Photo Challenge, Camera Lucida, Week 8
“Becoming fearless isn’t the point. That’s impossible. It’s learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it” Veronica Roth, Divergent
‘CAMERA LUCIDA’ – DIVERGENT
First I was broken
Unable to walk, run or dance
Putting on high heels
Next to impossible
Now it feels
More and more possible
For a second chance
And the world wide open
Rantings Of A Third Kind 