Drive for The Daily Post

Posted in the Daily Post: Drive
Photography /Poetry /Humour

“The cars we drive say a lot about us” Alexandra Paul

Drive for The Daily Post

They said I couldn’t
You said I shouldn’t
I thought I wouldn’t

But, now
Fading spots I see
In the rear view mirror
As my car and me
Down the road terror
Plough

Finally
Here I am
Where ever this is
Easily
I did drive
So do give me
A high five

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Monochromatic (WP Developing Your Eye I) Two

Posted in WordPress Course: Developing Your Eye I
Photography /Poetry 

Day Ten: “Architecture” — Go Monochrome

From the geometry of skyscrapers to the ironwork on historical buildings, there are many opportunities to capture the beauty and complexity of architecture.

Monochromatic (WP Developing Your Eye I)

“The world is in color, you have to work at black and white.” – Andrew Maclean

Old School

The old house, quite charismatic
Standing tall, very melodramatic
It comes with a complete attic
All painted, in monochromatic
But still very enigmatic

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Monochromatic (WP Developing Your Eye I) One

Posted in WordPress Course: Developing Your Eye I
Photography /Poetry 

Day Ten: “Architecture” — Go Monochrome

From the geometry of skyscrapers to the ironwork on historical buildings, there are many opportunities to capture the beauty and complexity of architecture.

Monochromatic (WP Developing Your Eye I)

“The world is in color, you have to work at black and white.” – Andrew Maclean

Cloud Building

Is it a mirage?
A clever camouflage?
What ever the cause
You can only applause

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A Pop of Color (WP Developing Your Eye I) Two

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Photography /Poetry 

Day Nine: “A Pop of Color” — Incorporate Color

The colors in our photographs are evocative and rouse emotions within us. Color can elevate a mundane image into something beautiful and intriguing, and can tell a tale within the frame.

A Pop of Colour (WP Developing Your Eye I)

“If you’re quiet, you’re not living. You’ve got to be noisy and colorful and lively” Mel Brooks

Warning Sign

The harsh winter painted in white
Some say, the nature did it out of spite
But those who dare to venture
Into the great white open nature
Heed the coloured warning
Or else, your life may be storming

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A Pop of Color (WP Developing Your Eye I) One

Posted in WordPress Course: Developing Your Eye I
Photography /Poetry 

Day Nine: “A Pop of Color” — Incorporate Color

The colors in our photographs are evocative and rouse emotions within us. Color can elevate a mundane image into something beautiful and intriguing, and can tell a tale within the frame.

A Pop of Colour (WP Developing Your Eye I)

“If you’re quiet, you’re not living. You’ve got to be noisy and colorful and lively” Mel Brooks

Green Shutters

In a distant land
A white house stands
Some say quite simple
But it has a unique dimple
One window with shutters
Painted, with the colour of green
The passersby may stutter
But I say, it’s the prettiest one I’ve seen

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Treasure (WP Developing Your Eye I)

Posted in WordPress Course: Developing Your Eye I
Photography /Poetry 

Day Eight: “Treasure” — Zoom In

Objects, places, people, moments — we all cherish something or someone. Anything deeply meaningful to you can be a treasure. A treasure can be grand, like a precious heirloom, or teeny-tiny, like the first plump blackberry of spring atop a tart.

“There Be Treasure in Them Thar Caves!”

Treasure (WP Developing Your Eye I)

I have to save it
Before it vanishes
A temporary pleasure
Drawn on the curve side
The image printed to my mind
But quickly, an apparatus need I find
To save the memory in time
Before this treasure
Will be lost, forever

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Reaching for the Sky for the Daily Post

Posted in the Daily Post: Look Up
Photography /Poetry

Look Up for The Daily Post

“Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work” A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Reaching for the Sky

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Watching
The skies
Wondering,
What,
Beyond the horizon
Lies

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Rails in the Sky for the Daily Post

Posted in the Daily Post: Look Up
Photography /Poetry

Look Up for The Daily Post

“Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work” A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Rails in the Sky

Take a slow ride
Up, up in the sky
You know you want to
Go as high
As high as the sky
With the ride
The ride to the sky

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Delicious and Colourful (WP Writing: Intro to Poetry) Two

Posted in WordPress Course: WP Writing: Intro to Poetry
Photography /Poetry /Humour

Poetry, Day Seven: Flavor

From the simple (butter on toast, a childhood-evoking bubblegum) to the more complex (insert your latest dinner-party triumph — or fiasco), flavor occupies a crucial place in our memories, in our stories, and in our social interactions.

Delicious and Colourful

“I have an enormous fondness for delicious food. It’s very comforting” Teri Garr

Strawberries!

In summertime,
In July
Something easy,
For both tummy
And the eye

Delicious
Nutricious
Precious

Sun kissed
Wouldn’t miss

Eat them
While you can
Soon, the season is over
And it will be October
When you’ll be eating
Canned spam!

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Down the Drain (WP Developing Your Eye II)

Posted in WordPress Course: Developing Your Eye II
Photography /Poetry /Humour /Dialogue /Tale

Day Seven: “Glass” — Interact with a Surface

Incorporate a form of glass — a window, a mirror, a wine glass, sunglasses, or something else — in today’s image.

” I hate to burst your bathtub bubbles, baby, but that ain’t just mud down there!”
— Jak II: Renegade

Down the Drain

“Down the hatch!”,

She said
Snatching the full glass
With one pass
As the liquid poured down
A few trickles on her gown

“What?
Do you really think
I was letting it go to waste?”

Looking at the empty vessel
The content definitely not made by Nestle
Searching for any signs of discomfort
But, on the contrary
She was seemingly triumfant

Offering the glass back to me,

“Be a sweetie:
One more for the road!”

She added with a smile

“One man’s vile
An other woman’s style”,

I thought
Looking at the bottle I had bought

Pouring the glass full again
Thinking to myself,

“Better than pouring it all
Down the drain!”

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