Back to the Future

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Gun Roswell

In honour of the epic movie trilogy, Back to the Future and Back to the Future 2015 Day

“There’s that word again: ‘heavy.’ Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the Earth’s gravitational pull?” Doc Emmett Brown

Back to the Future

I was sitting in my time machine
Whistling this happy tune
Must have been quite a scene
With the bells, whistles and fumes

Setting the date into the dialer
The flux capacitor pulsating
Waiting patiently, I am the driver
Feeling the seat vibrating

The dashboard flashing
Soon I will be dashing
Through time and space
Into another time and place

Travelling in my vehicle
The outside cold as icicles
With the speed of light
In a tunnel quite bright

My destination dead ahead
The tunnel soon to shed
Feelings of anticipation
Of what destiny awaits me
In the next station

The Daily Post: (Extra)ordinary Part Three

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Gun Roswell

October: Month of wellingtons and mackintoshes
Photography and Poetry

+ PHOTO CHALLENGE: (Extra)ordinary

In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “(Extra)ordinary.”

“I never considered myself a lucky person. I’m the most extraordinary pessimist. I truly am”
Christopher Nolan

The Daily Post: (Extra)ordinary Part Three

The days are getting shorter
Reflections on the water
The last of the reminders
Of the times much kinder

The games of summer played
The tanned skin to rest laid
Tall shadows now displayed
Soon enough will fade

Because,
When in October
The cold shoulder
Of winter
Soon will reenter

The Daily Post: (Extra)ordinary Part Two

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Gun Roswell

October: Month of wellingtons and mackintoshes
Photography and Poetry

+ PHOTO CHALLENGE: (Extra)ordinary

In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “(Extra)ordinary.”

“One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man” Elbert Hubbard

The Daily Post: (Extra)ordinary Part Two

Just another ordinary day
A day at the office
Blue for the skies
Blue for the thoughts
Looking out the window
Weather getting brighter
Mood is getting lighter
No time to hesitate
Out for a quick break
Sunshine and cool weather
What could be better

The Daily Post: (Extra)ordinary Part One

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Gun Roswell

October: Month of wellingtons and mackintoshes
Photography and Poetry

+ PHOTO CHALLENGE: (Extra)ordinary

In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “(Extra)ordinary.”

“I don’t have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness – it’s right in front of me if I’m paying attention and practicing gratitude” Brene Brown

The Daily Post: (Extra)ordinary Part One

Early morning
Misty weather
Softly adorning
Like a feather
The nature silent
Without movement
The early bird
Only to be heard
Nothing else
Breaks the silence
Of the morning mist

Monday with(out) Coffee (Extra)ordinary

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Gun Roswell

October: Month of wellingtons and mackintoshes
Photography and Poetry
And, yet another homage to Coffee ;P

+ PHOTO CHALLENGE: (Extra)ordinary

In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “(Extra)ordinary.”

“I can’t imagine a day without coffee. I can’t imagine!” Howard Schultz

Monday with(out) Coffee

What is a Monday
But a slow day of Sunday
Without coffee
It’s just a faded copy

It’s just what you seek
So, don’t hesitate
Go ahead, start the week
With a fresh, clean slate

Make your way
To the coffee maker
For a while stay
After all,
You deserved a break

Monday Morning Sunrise

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Gun Roswell

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

“There’s a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they’re absolutely free. Don’t miss so many of them.” Jo Walton

Monday Morning Sunrise

Standing there, stunned
As the early morning sun
Making quite the display
When, lighting up the skies
In its unique and fiery way

But oh, how time flies
Still, wishing to remain
For a little while at least
But, unfortunately, duty calls
Oh, that necessary beast

Slowly making my way
To another mundane Monday
Secretly hoping of tomorrow
For another piece of beauty
To let me borrow

Mundane Monday, 2015-10-19

Posted on October 19, 2015 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.”

“Our daily lives are so mundane, we get taken over by what is immediately in front of us and we don’t see beyond that” Benedict Cumberbatch

Mundane Monday, 2015-10-19

She is standing tall
Hoping never to fall
Slicing the sky
Beautiful to the eye
In silver and blue
Didn’t have a clue
Until the sun’s reflection
Caught my attention
A mundane object?
Or something perfect?

Photo Rehab, The Clinic: Week 42 Wrap Up

Posted on October 18, 2015 by Gun Roswell

Photo Rehab, The Clinic: Week 42 Wrap Up

“In December 2014, after completing the Photo101 course, I opened the Photo Rehab Event in this blog, a ‘healing clinic’, for all of us who love photography (hobbyists, amateurs, pro-shooters and enthusiasts) who missed the course and daily interaction with other photobloggers” Lucile De Godoy