Travel in… Vienna: Part One

Posted on March 2, 2016 by Gun Roswell

Posted in Around the World in Photographs
Travel, Photography, Poetry
Travel in… Austria, Vienna (Wien), Schloß Schönbrunn

“The use of traveling is to regulate imagination with reality, and instead of thinking of how things may be, see them as they are.” – Samuel Johnson

Travel in… Vienna

When on a walkabout
On the city’s streets at night
Drawn towards the castle lights
Shining ever so bright

The past has its resonance
In the architecture with elegance
You may even glimpse an eminence
Roaming around the residence

Let the feelings of lavish
Your daily routine vanish
And enjoy a sip from a chalice
In the Schönbrunn Palace

Mundane Monday (2016-02-29) One

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Gun Roswell

Poetry and Photography
Photo challenge for PhoTrabloggers Mundane Monday

“This is a challenge created to find beauty in almost everything. The challenge is simple : find beauty in everyday mundane things, capture the beauty and upload the photographs.”

MUNDANE MONDAY CHALLENGE #48

“I think you can find all the elements that you can find in great literature in mundane experiences” Harvey Pekar

Almost Art

It’s off the chart
A piece of objet d’art
Looks kind of smart
Add it to your cart
If you have a heart
And a complimentary tart
Will give you a jump-start
For no one can tear it apart
Because it’s almost a work of art

Caturday 2016-02-27: One

Posted on February 27, 2016 by Gun Roswell

Posted in Caturday; in honour of all cats everywhere

“A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere” Groucho Marx

The Black Cat

When the black cat
Was crossing the street
She was chasing a rat
Trying to act discreet
Hiding behind a big hat
Awaiting her treat

The grounded bat
Knew he tasted sweet
Stood still on the mat
There was no time to greet
Only time, for combat

After a long while
Both standing still
Trying to act hostile
But without thrill
So instead of the usual
They decided in mutual

This tale’s end
Will the norm bend
Cat and mouse decided
To shake their paws delighted
The lesson of this tale?
Sometimes it’s good to fail

Round and Round We Go ( SL WEEK 33): Part One

Posted on February 21, 2016 by Gun Roswell

Photo Challenge by SYLVAIN LANDRY
A response to Sylvain’s challenge theme of, Stairs

“Are we on a stairway to heaven?”

Round and Round We Go ( SL WEEK 33) One

Round and round we go
Where we end up
No one knows
We can go up
We can go down
If you are in luck
You can circle back around
On the stairway
There is no one way
But a friendly warning
Before you get a scorning
Never stay on one step
For too long

Real Life or Just Art? (The Daily Post) Part One

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Gun Roswell

Posted in The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Life Imitates Art

“Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.”
— Oscar Wilde

“Everything you can imagine is real.” ― Pablo Picasso

Real Life or Just Art? (The Daily Post)

You may think life
Is just black and white…

But if you stop, look and listen
Just for a short instance
The lifeless statue in the street corner
May turn into something warmer

Shopping Mall Madness (Mundane Monday 2016-02-15)

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Gun Roswell

Poetry and Photography
Photo challenge for PhoTrabloggers Mundane Monday

“This is a challenge created to find beauty in almost everything. The challenge is simple : find beauty in everyday mundane things, capture the beauty and upload the photographs.”

MUNDANE MONDAY CHALLENGE #46

“Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous” Bill Moyers

Shopping Mall Madness (Mundane Monday 2016-02-15)

An adventure,
To the local shopping mall
Hold on to your dentures
And let’s all have a ball

On the Left Wing Side: Part One

Posted on February 6, 2016 by Gun Roswell

Posted in Around the World in Photographs
Travel, Photography, Poetry
Travel to… Vienna

“A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving” Lao Tzu

On the Left Wing Side, Part One

Above the clouds
Nightfall with darkness
Spread like a shroud
Late at night
In mid flight
Safe and sound
Into a tiny seat bound…

GO TO PART TWO GO TO PART THREE

Sunny side of Rhodes, Part One

Posted on January 31, 2016 by Gun Roswell

Posted in Around the World in Photographs
Travel, Photography, Poetry

“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” Augustine of Hippo

Sunny side of Rhodes, Part One

Following the sun
Can be lots of fun
Blue skies, blue seas
As far as the eyes can see
Hike around the highlands
Spend your day shopping
On this little island
There simply is no stopping

Around London Town, Part One

Posted on January 31, 2016 by Gun Roswell

Posted in Around the World in Photographs
Travel, Photography, Poetry

“Not all those who wander are lost.” J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

Around London Town, Part One

Around and around we go
Where we end up no one knows
On the buses it is fun to ride
Even if on the wrong road side

Word Wide Wednesday Presents: Lanzarote: One

Posted on January 27, 2016 by Gun Roswell

Posted in the series, World Wide Wednesday around the world in photographs
Photography, Poetry, Travel

“Vamos a la playa!”

PART ONE

Into the harbour and down to the beach
Plenty of scenery if that’s what you seek
Blue skies, sunshine and warm weather
How could the holidays get any better?