Photography
“I see that it is by no means useless to travel the wide world,
especially if you keep your eyes, mind and heart open for the new experiences” Gun Roswell
Enjoying the Solitude
A game, of some solitaire
In this nightly fresh and open air
Complete solitude and total silence
This, special place, is priceless
“I see that it is by no means useless to travel the wide world,
especially if you keep your eyes, mind and heart open for the new experiences” Gun Roswell
Brazil revisited 1
In the deepest of rain forests, in Brazil
You can most definitely feel, the eternal thrill
Especially when sailing down, the river Negro
Quite, as the great unknown of an incognito
And then, a glimpse of the dolphins
With surprise of a raise, of the endorphins
“A black cat crossing your path:
Usually signifies,
that the animal is going somewhere”
Groucho Marx
The Black Cat
Sleepy eyes
Still a spy
In this house
Maybe a mouse?
‘Oh that louse
Will not escape
My scrape!
No, not this time
No, that would be
A big crime!’
“Sit, because it’s a seat, so go ahead” Gun Roswell
Seated, in Cyprus
A stroll in the heat of summer
Looking for a place to recover
Taverns and restaurants beckoning
A cold drink for thirst lessening
A single seat?
Or one designed for two?
In this heat
Who could want to be glued
To someone else’s skin
With clothes this thin
“Fall colours in black and white! How odd!” Gun Roswell
Monochrome Magic (3)
Hiding leaf
A half rotten leaf
Hang on to the tree
So strongly willed
That even the chills
Of autumn weather
Could not breach the tether
As strong as the mighty oak
It was grabbing on
Some said, it was a joke
Nothing could survive
The circle of life
“Well,” said the lone leaf
“In your face Mother Nature,
Serves you to let your hatred
Leashed onto a poor piece of dying matter
But now I am finally striking back at ya
So, deal with it,
For I ain’t taking shit
I’ll be here
Way until next year!”
“Fall colours in black and white! How odd!” Gun Roswell
Monochrome Magic (2)
Berried treasure
On the strongest of tree branches
A bunch of free range berries launching
Their planned dive, several feet high
Plunging into the ground below
With sounds loudly thundering
Making the earth tremor and wondering
Wether an earthquake of a great magnitude
Hit the surroundings without prelude
“The sunshine too special to miss, sitting on the side of it, what a bliss” Gun Roswell
The seat on the sunny side of the yard
After a long period, of just sitting, inside
The walls surrounding only, a place none too wide
Phobias, ever growing, of all shapes and sizes
The constant companion in this great, divide
But, a hope, every now and then
The opportunity some time to spend
In the soothing and gorgeous nature exploring
Appears, without so much as a second warning
Packing up a small bag of all the necessities
Because I am planning on a long day, stress free
As this day, will be one in a long while, as one of the rarities
Due to what eve is now going around the world you see
As I finally, take my first step, outside
To be able to venture into the somewhat open wide
I feel some stain on my very own face start
But, ignoring it for a moment to settle the light
And as I look beyond the front porch of my house to part
I know now, what the strange feeling was
Feeling the sides of my face and suddenly find
That totally unexpected, great big smile
“You certainly will become a far better writer by writing and doing so, quite often, but you will also become a better travel writer, and can only happen, by writing lots about travel” Gun Roswell
Lanzarote island revisted, 3
Scenic, are the barren, and now frozen volcanic views
Just outside, and beside, the large ocean, so very blue
Here, only softest of soft and utterly fluffy white clouds
Has up there high in the skies, their dancing allowed
With so many palm trees everywhere, you think is all you can see
But look around, also other things of nature, in abundance, will appear for totally free
And don’t forget the most important aspect, of this impromptu travel arrangement, the sun’s shine, making you want to dance
The only and needed, warming, filling, even grilling, but mostly calming, sustenance
“I tend to write every single day, even more so, when I am on the road, travelling” Gun Roswell
Lanzarote island revisited 2
Lunch time, feeling hungry, as travelled all day long
And for this experience, the need is, to absolutely stay strong
A local salad, on the rocks, and of course, of hot molten lava
Maybe, try to add, into the odd mix, some delicious guava
Then for much, much later, a dessert
And you better make it, a cup of Java
For this here place, is now, our final destination
The goal, for the mind and body, an utter and total elation
Because, on this, fine, fine day, we will have lots of fun
On this, oh so remote island, born ages ago, of the sun
“Travel back in time, to the wonderful island, of Lanzarote, but only in my memories and photographs” Gun Roswell
Lanzarote Island revisited
The skies, painted in the most gorgeous colour of blue
Clouds, so totally white and fluffy, but luckily, far and few
Sun, which seems to be always shining, ever so brightly
The pool just outside, now beckoning and oh so inviting
The local, and the original dwellings painted all in white
This, magnificent place, oh, definitely is our “campsite”
Our home away from home, well, at least, for a week
What else could one want, or to be, or even, to see?
But to this gorgeous village in the middle of nowhere to flee
On an island no less, in the middle, of the very, very large sea!
Rantings Of A Third Kind 