Throwback Thursday 2016-03-17

Posted in the Throwback Thursday weekly series
Poetry, photography, tales and things that nature!

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“Just an FYI: Thursday the 12th is just as rare at Friday the 13th.”

Throwback Thursday 2016-03-17

On Thursdays we walk down memory lane and dig deeply into the archives of Rantings Of A Third Kind. For these posts, I have chosen some of my personal favourites. Some of them may tickle the funny bone, some even provoke thoughts and some of them will give you a view of the world in photographs taken by yours truly.

My Precious (TBT)

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Block, What Block? (TBT)

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The Four Stages (TBT)

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Let the Rantings continue!!!

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The Four Stages (TBT)

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Poetry, photography, tales and things that nature!

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“The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress” Philip Roth

The Four Stages

My mind racing
A mile a minute
Restless pacing
Time not infinite

Head filled
With many stories
Not too thrilled
Of those inventories

Work in progress
Rather than in press
Not an offense
Just a defence

The stages of writing
Clear in my head
Would rather be
Or staying in bed

I hate it, I love it
I am up, I am down
I am all around
Unable to commit

Now needed
Some simple planning
Write until depleted
Then only be fanning
When a task is completed

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Block, What Block? (TBT)

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Poetry, photography, tales and things that nature!

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“Writing about a writer’s block is better than not writing at all” Charles Bukowski

Block, What Block?

Deadline approaches
Shoving off the roaches
Clearing the table
Computer enabled

Typing, typing, typing

Trickles of sweat
On my forehead
Writing some more
Oh what a bore

Writing, writing, writing

Reading out loud
Feeling kind of proud
Even without a crowd
Sitting on a cloud

I love it
I feel uplifted
Its pure golden
Feeling bolden

Continuing my writing

Reading back
I feel the lack
Lost the right track
I am a quack

I hate it
It’s utter shit
My writing sucks
What the fuck

Almost quitting
Seems fitting
Maybe try knitting
Before I am splitting

Delete, delete, delete

Giving it a third try
Even though feeling dry
No pain no gain
I need a new aim

Writing, writing, writing

Finally done
Hesitation all gone
Task completed
Feeling depleted

Reading, reading, reading

Not half bad
Finally feeling glad
Afraid of changing my mind again
I hit send

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My Precious (TBT)

Posted in the Throwback Thursday weekly series
Poetry, photography, tales and things that nature!

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“Last Wednesday, I stupidly dropped my iPhone in the bath, and my life has sort of spiraled almost out of control” Patrick Stewart

My Precious

The utter horror
Oh the sorrow
For no where
My precious one
Can be found

Why me?
Why now?

I keep on looking
Searching, longing
Turning every stone
With my fingers to the bone

Oh wherefore art thou
My sacred cow?

Suddenly in the distance
I hear a familiar sound
I am utterly astound
And without resistance

Dare I hope and glee
To be united with thee?

My heart skipping a beat
Feeling the heat
I have found it
My precious fit

I am back in the zone
Cradling you gently
My one and only
Iphone

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The Dark Side of the Moon

Posted in Photography and Poetry

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“There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls” George Carlin

The Dark Side of the Moon

If you are howling at the moon
You know it’s not twelve in the noon
Maybe doing a little dance
Around the garden in the nude prance
Paying homage to the big white ball in the sky
Whether down on the ground or up high
Some of us are more night people than others
If you think someone it bothers
Just tell them never mind, be kind
Let out a big smile
Tell them no tall tails
And if all else fails
Moon them!

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Point of View (Photography 101): Three

Posted in Photography 101: Big & Point of View (Day Seven)
Photography, Poetry, Humour

Small Big 2 (DAY 7)

“If the mountain will not come to Muhammad, then Muhammad must go to the mountain”

Muhammad and the Mountain

The little boat that could
Up the river it would
Ride high over the mountain
To find the mythical fountain

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Point of View (Photography 101): Two

Posted in Photography 101: Big & Point of View (Day Seven)
Photography, Poetry, Humour

Big Small 1 (DAY 7)

“Whisky, on the rocks”

On the Rocks

Boulders, pillars and solid rock
Order now, we have them in stock
Delivery, around the clock
From Timbuktu to Bangkok

Big Small 2 (DAY 7)

Point of View (Photography 101): One

Posted in Photography 101: Big & Point of View (Day Seven)
Photography, Poetry, Humour

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“In a portrait, you have room to have a point of view and to be conceptual with a picture. The image may not be literally what’s going on, but it’s representative” Annie Leibovitz

Point of View (Photography 101)

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Quote a Week Tuesday: 2016-03-14

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“The empty vessel makes the loudest sound” William Shakespeare

Quote a Week Tuesday: 2016-03-14

I have often been teased about my totally “empty desk” at work and when this quote caught my eye today, I could not help laughing out loud, and for quite a while I might add 😉 Well, if the shoe fits…

“If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?”    Albert Einstein

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Connecting People (Photography 101): Towards the Modern (in the 80s)

Posted in Photography 101: Connect & Tags (Day Six)
Poetry, Photography

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“Connecting People” The Artist formerly known as Nokia

Towards the Modern (in the 80s)

A little while later
Modern call centers
Led us to an adventure
In a very wide scope
All across the globe
World wide hope
In keeping us connected

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