Photography & Poetry
“Just living is not enough… one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower” Hans Christian Andersen
Ode to Flowers
Oh delicate flower
Quite the power
You have on
Us mere mortals
Shining in the sun
In the colours of purple
Yellow, red and blue
Quite the view
When full in bloom
Before the doom
Of withering away
But some day
You will rise again
And lessen our pain
With your marvel
When shining like marble
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Photography
Continuing with todays theme of clouds in the sky, with a slight expectancy of rain and with the option of thunder 😉
Location: Finland, Espoo, Keilasatama (my spot for lunch break 😛 )
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Photography & Poetry
“Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative” Oscar Wilde
Cloudy with a chance of Rain
Cloudy, with a chance of rain
No, we’re definitely not in Spain
Seems to be a repeating pattern
Maybe a joke by the Mad Hatter
Be careful to not get a frost bite
When you dip your toe into the lake
Or you might end up in a plight
And a most terrible ache
A summer’s day in July
Eyes focused on the sky
Clouds moving to the wind
Cold breeze on my skin
Should have worn a jacket
“But it’s summer” I quote with “brackets”
Let’s open the packets
And bring out the rackets
Summer madness or fun
Maybe we’ll see the sun
Before the day is done
And we have to run
So let’s enjoy this time of year
Without any doubt or fear
The winter soon enough is here
And the summer mood will disappear
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Photography: Week 28: Wrap up Photo101 Rehab
Check out the excellent photography from week 28 in The Clinic /Photo101 Rehab
Also featured are my three postings:
Photography & Poetry
“Hello July, please be good!”
A Day in July
Woke up to another day in July
All our hopes were quite high
Expectation was for sunshine
Alas, it had been declined
Instead what was delivered
Left us quite bewildered
Thunder and rain
Oh what a pain
Lips curled in disdain
Nerves quite strained
Maybe take a train
And head for Spain
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“Life is hard, but not impossible”
Life in the Archipelago
The harsh environment
Without atonement
Surrounded by the sea
Nowhere to hide or flee
Life at its simplest
Still most dearest
Would not change it
To the big city life
Even with the strife
For no better fit
Than in the archipelago
Except maybe,
In Trinidad and Tobago
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Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,
By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,
“Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou,” I said, “art sure no craven,
Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore—
Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night’s Plutonian shore!”
Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.”
The Raven EDGAR ALLAN POE
Birds
Face to face
Eye to eye
This was one race
Which could go awry
Standing there
Assessing me
Its glare
Devouring me
Without any warning
Flying across the air
Giving me the scare
Looking with scorning
No escape
Its mouth agape
It tilted its head
Quoth the bird “Polly wants a cracker”
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“A ship on the beach is a lighthouse to the sea” Dutch proverb
The Lighthouse
Follow the light
Without a fight
And you just might
Have a journey
Without a plight
The beacon
Is the reason
Your vessel
Found its way
Without a hassle
Safely, into the bay
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“Do not cross the brook for water” Finnish proverb
The Finnish Dream
A cottage on an island
Preferably on the highland
Still near or in the city
No running water nor electricity
Not another soul in sight
If you dare to enter
You will soon be in plight
Because the center
Of each Finns existence
Is the calculated distance
From their neighbour
Preferably as far as the equator
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Images are from the capital of Finland, Helsinki; just a few kilometres offshore.
“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished” Lao Tzu
A Day in Nature
Sitting on a swing
Not worrying about a thing
Enjoying the simple life
Without a stinger or a strife
The air almost like silk
Time slowly passing by
Not one trouble in sight
Observing, watching, looking
What is nearby cooking
The hedgehog sipping it’s milk
The squirrel with it’s tail high
A bird gliding in mid flight
The flowers in the wind crooking
The clouds hanging softly in the sky
Exhaling, letting out a sigh
The last rays of sun on the skin
What a perfect fin
For a July summer’s day
The grass in a gentle sway
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Rantings Of A Third Kind 