A Rose is a Rose

“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet,,,” William Shakespeare

A Rose is a Rose

A rose is a rose
So get your dose
Of the sweet scent
Your day reinvent
It’s plain to see
No need to brood
In a better mood
Soon you will be
So wake up
And smell the roses!

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Related posts:  The Rose, Camera Lucida Photo Challenge

 

Ode to Flowers

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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Cloudy with a chance of Rain, Part 2

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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Cloudy with a chance of Rain

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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Welcome, to the Dark Side

“Personally, I prefer the dark side” Daniel Radcliffe

Welcome, to the Dark Side

Why don’t you join us
There will be no fuss
And more than one plus
We have fun and games
There will be no blames
Nor any named shames
Pretty much anything you want
This is most certainly no taunt
You can even invite your aunt
It’s OK, don’t be scared
Everything will be shared
But only if you dared
Step into the dark side
Step in with pride
No need to hide
But hear this warning
To avoid the scorning
Before the morning
There is no time for stalling
You’d better get your ass hauling
When you hear this calling

“Kids! Time to get in, supper is ready!”

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Photography: Week 28: Wrap up Photo101 Rehab

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:

Having Fun in the Sun

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Photography & Poetry: Birds

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By the Seashore: Photography (The Clinic-Photo Rehab): Greece, Evia

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Acropolis of Athens: Photography & Poetry

“A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one” Aristotle

Acropolis of Athens

Acropolis of Athens
Who knows, what happens
In this place of fun
And place of knowledge

The Parthenon, Propylaia and Erechtheion
Just to name a few of them
One named after the mighty
And powerful Athene Nike

Join us on this uphill travel
Maybe some mysteries will unravel
While roaming the ancient ruins
Like some pilgriming druids

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Having Fun in the Sun

Photography & Poetry

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

“Necessity… the mother of invention” Plato

Having Fun in the Sun

When all is said and done
Enjoying the sea and the sun
Finally, having lots of fun
Though, there is one pun
It all happened in Greece
Before they took a lease
On their little piece of heaven
Always open twenty-four seven
But, alas the play will still continue
And I hope to this wonderful venue
End up
Soon enough

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A Day in July

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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Photography & Poetry: Life in the Archipelago, Part 1

“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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