two fight
for the balance
of
power
the west gate
confronts an evil
concentration
will they become
russian dolls
shaped by
diagonals
etched from
broken glass
screaming out
keep out
or just give me enough rope!
will we take the right path?
(found poetry featuring landscape and a little enumeratio for wordpress writing 201 – landscape)
*shot with nikon d700, 16-35mm f/4 lens, edited in aperture 3, silver efex pro 2, diverging paths intersect*
Notes and queries
During the last couple of weeks I have been participating in the Writing 201 Poetry course under the expert guidance and watchful eye of Ben Huberman.
Each day Ben has set us a new challenge including a word prompt, a poetic form and a device.
Today’s challenge involves responding to the word “landscape” using the found poetry form and the device of enumeratio.
My response, a piece of flagrant and unashamed self promotion 😉, is to use a landscape shot I took in the Spring of 2012 at Ada Huja, a long disused site on the banks of the Danube in Belgrade which also serves from time to time as the site for the Supernatural music festival. I used this shot for a number of reasons . Firstly because it is one of the few landscape shots I have in my archive and second because it is one of my favourite images to be found in the first edition of my book belgradestreets which featured photos drawn from my blog of the same name.
I then selected ten captions (in bold) placed beneath every second photo in my book leading up to and ending with the caption from the photo I chose to construct today’s “found” poem.
Reblogged this on belgradestreets and commented:
Over the last two weeks, I have been taking part in the WordPress Writing 201 course, today’s contribution featured my photo of Ada Huja
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This might be the best shameless promotion ever. Thanks for revealing the origins of your found poem, I love it so much that I might want to dig in the same source…
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Why thank you, happy digging!
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By the way, your shameless promotion was imperfect as you shied away from mentioning that your royalties from the book go to charity. Just pointing out.
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That is very kind of you to make that observation…thank you Mara.
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Well, where credit is due…
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Dérapage …!!!
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Andy, this is wonderful. Not only the photography and poetry, but the entire shameless discussion. Absolutely lovely.
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Thank you Lois (again!)
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Your book is not available in the US? I looked at Amazon but the pricing…..not US dollars so I was lost.
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Hi Lois, there is a new edition out now, so until that version finds its way back to Amazon, the book can be obtained direct from publisher and I’m sure they will ship anywhere…
http://komshe.com/guide.php?guide_id=16
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Thank you!
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Thank YOU!
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Going to go look for your book next! Great photos Andy Townsend.
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Thank you very much for that JoHanna!
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I love the little half rhyme of ‘russian dolls’ and ‘diagonals’, it tumbles so nicely as you read it.
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Thank you Laura, I also liked that rhyme, although writing this one was very hard…
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Joining in this shameless promotion of a conversation 😉 I do not know if the book can be shipped ti India, but if any download facility available, do let know.
I am also perplexed at my computer…..err wordpress, where either my comments are getting double posted at one click or not getting posted at all
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Beautiful, as always
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Thank you!
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Stunning shot!
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Thank you!
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Amazing picture and poem. I thought I’d check out your 201 collection as I am doing the course now. That is a great found poem–inspiration for my attempt. I also dropped by to invite you to participate in a 3 Day 3 Quote Challenge. I ‘tagged’ you in my post. If you prefer to pass please let me know. Here is my link where everything is explained: https://ontheland.wordpress.com/2015/10/14/3-days-3-quotes-challenge-thich-nhat-hanh-love-letter-to-the-earth-bewow-writers-quote-wednesday/
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Thank you so much Janice! I’d love to take part but right now I have a lot on so, will try but can’t promise 🙂
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That sounds good–thanks for getting back to me 😊
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