September in Suburbia, Part Three

Poetry and Photography

Posted in response to The Clinic-Photo Rehab hosted by Lucile De Godoy

 

“By all these lovely tokens September days are here, With summer’s best of weather And autumn’s best of cheer” Helen Hunt Jackson

September in Suburbia, Part Three

Roaming around the Hood
Because the weather was really good
Clouds floating in the blue sky
Wishing if only I could fly
The sun warm on my skin
Melting the coldest of Finns
Colours burning bright
Ideas taking flight
Snap, click, snap, click
Hoping to score some great pics
So here they are
I didn’t walk too far
But still got a great bunch
In a time it takes to have lunch

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Caturday: Rulers of the World

In honour of Caturday

Photo credits include: Miranda Kuusisto, Jessica Solingius and Minttu Gustafsson

 

“I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat” Edgar Allan Poe

Caturday: Rulers of the World

They run your world
Despite whatever you heard
Twisting you around their tall tails
Urging you to run on nails
You will jump when they hail
“Yes Ma’am” you hear yourself say
When they approach you with a sway
And tell you it is time to play

Cats, are the rulers of the world
Sometimes you may hear yourself say “shit”
But you have to admit
You are loving every minute of it

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September in Suburbia, Part Two

Poetry and Photography

Posted in response to The Clinic-Photo Rehab hosted by Lucile De Godoy

 

“I love September, especially when we’re in it” Willie Stargell

September in Suburbia, Part Two

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September in Suburbia, Part One

Poetry and Photography

“I love September, especially when we’re in it” Willie Stargell

September in Suburbia, Part One

Sunshine, rain, a rainbow
Blue skies, dark skies, a rainbow
The weather in constant turmoil
Life in constant recoil
Colours on the leaves turning
From green to bright red flaring
Observing through the viewfinder
All of Mother Nature’s wonder

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Autumn Leaves

“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower” Albert Camus

Autumn Leaves

Bright red, yellow and orange
Just like spring time in Florence
The Autumn leaves are morphing
Like the cooling stars dwarfing
The colours of the trees
As far as eyes can see
Gorgeous and beautiful
More plentiful, more wonderful
Than you could have bargained for
I can hardly wait what more
Autumn has in store

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Highly Illogical

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“It is curious how often humans manage to obtain that which they do not want” Mr Spock

Highly Illogical

I find You

Absolutely fascinating
Extremely interesting
Utterly charming
Highly intriguing
Totally captivating

I am

Spellbound and transfixed
By all certainty, bewitched

Wrapped around Your little finger
If I could, I would linger

I am only

Admiring You
From a distance
Still with persistence
But slightly askew

If

An instance
Would arise
It would be
My greatest price

Up close and personally
Give my thanks, my gratitude most cordially

Yet

I find myself

Highly illogical

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Stuck Between a Poem and a Hard Place

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An homage to Poetry

“Breathe-in experience, breathe-out poetry” Muriel Rukeyser

Stuck Between a Poem and a Hard Place

I am a poet
But did not know it
Now I am writing
Lyrics without biting
The bullets
My mind to the fullest
Hammering the keyboard
Not a big chore
No, not anymore

Ever since I started
I cannot be parted
From the blank page
That clean slate
Words pouring
My heart roaring
I feel elevated
Totally animated
Full of excitement

I am completely and utterly
Lost in Poetry

A poem a day keeps the Shrink away!

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Having My Cake and Eating It Too

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“Don’t be a bitter Bitch!
Just make them EAT IT, HONEY!”
Latrice Royale

Having My Cake and Eating It Too

Having my cake
And eating it too
May be
A catch twenty-two

Having it both ways
Without any pays
Looking for clues
Paying my dues

Powerless against sacrifice
Not willing to compromise
Finding ways to circumvent
Avoiding getting dents

Still my cake is crumbling down
Falling into little pieces
Not worth even half a crown
Soon enough ceases
To exist
Vaporizing into mist

Who ever finds the recipe
To uncover this mystery
Please feel free
To share it with me

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My Partner In Crime

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“Just remember if we are caught, you are deaf and I don’t speak English”

My Partner In Crime

The things
We treasure
In life

My Parter
In Crime

Elevates me
When I am down
On the ground
Kicking, screaming
Of the unfairness
Of it all

Anchors me
When I am high
In flight
My achievements
Elevating me

Reminds me
Of keeping
The faith
When I wallow
Deep
In self-doubt

I am the Jester
To her Queen
The Trabant
To her Ferrari

Where ever
She leads
I am not
Far behind

I would be
Totally lost
Without

My Partner
In Crime

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World Wide Wednesday 2015-09-23

“A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world” Leo Buscaglia

World Wide Wednesday, Around the World in Black and White

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A glimpse into the archives of photography from around the world from Rantings Of A Third Kind on Wednesdays.

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Posts so far:

Around the World in Black and White, First Edition

Around the World in Black and White, Second Edition, Part One

Around the World in Black and White, Second Edition, Part Two

Around the World in Black and White, Second Edition, Part Three

Around the World in Black and White Presents: Third Edition: Rhodes Island, Part One

Around the World in Black and White Presents: Third Edition: Rhodes Island, Part Two

Around the World in Black and White Presents: Fourth Edition: Rhodes Island, Part One

Around the World in Black and White Presents: Fourth Edition: Rhodes Island, Part Two

Around the World in Black and White Presents: Fifth Edition: Cyprus

Around the World in Black and White Presents: London in the Rain

Around the World in Black and White Presents: London

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Natural History Museum, London

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Helsinki City Centre in Black and White

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Athens, Acropolis

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