Fira is the capital and commercial centre of the gorgeous Greek Island of Santorini. It sits on the edge of the caldera, the submerged volcano that makes up the island…
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Category Archives: Poetry
Poetry of Everything
Flower Pot
Posted in Simply Poetry/Daily Photo
“Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads”
Marianne Moore
Flower Pot
A flower in a pot
Got its summery slot
Right there on the dot
It may be store bought
Maybe, not what you sought
But this is, what you got
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One
Posted in Simply Poetry/Daily Photo
“Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads”
Marianne Moore
One
Against the lush and living
Kind and forgiving
A dried out branch
Made its stance
“I will outlive you all
Before me you will fall!”
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Skies
Posted in Simply Poetry/Daily Photo
“Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads”
Marianne Moore
Skies
Hanging, in the evening skies
Thick red clouds, gravity define
In the colour of finest of wine
The scene nearly close to divine
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Readers’ cats — Why Evolution Is True
As today is International Cat Day (for reals!), this morning I offered to put up the first five pictures that readers sent me of their cats. Well, I didn’t have to wait long: within half an hour I had received five, and put up a note to hold off. People like to show off their […]
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On the Beach
Posted in Simply Poetry/Daily Photo
“Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads”
Marianne Moore
On the Beach
They say, ‘Life is a beach’
If you want that high to reach
Eat and keep the peach
Then listen to no speech
Cut the strings and barriers breach
Just this moment siege
And you know, you have reached
Your life’s beach
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Two
Posted in Simply Poetry/Daily Photo
“Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads”
Marianne Moore
Two
Two of a kind
Is very hard to find
Maybe, of the same mind
Together, completely lined
But in reality, behind
Only the façade is outlined
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Staycation – Summer in Suburbia (twenty-seven)
Posted in Daily Photo/Stay-vacation
“Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability”
Sam Keen
Staycation – Summer in Suburbia in Daily Photo series
Soft, fluffy, made by nature
Concrete, metal, made by creatures
Coming together in an image
A compilation quite vivid
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Staycation – Summer in Suburbia (twenty-eight)
Posted in Daily Photo/Stay-vacation
“Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability”
Sam Keen
Staycation – Summer in Suburbia in Daily Photo series
A vintage shot from way back when?
It seems to be repeating
Every now and again
Could it be, from the future then?
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Staycation – Summer in Suburbia (twenty-six)
Posted in Daily Photo/Stay-vacation
“Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability”
Sam Keen
Staycation – Summer in Suburbia in Daily Photo series
Industrial and homestead construction
Some of them built for attraction
Others, mainly for protection
But all agreed to be used for consumption
Either work or living related function
