dark
long night
night crawling dark thoughts
thoughts spawned dark endless night
night terror cracked dark gnarled fingers
fingers slithering scraping grasping fingers
fingers gnarled dark cracked terror night
night endless dark spawned thoughts
thoughts dark crawling night
night long
dark
(for mara’s poetry 101 rehab – dark)
*shot with nikon d700 and nikkor 70-200mm f/4 lens at 70mm, ISO200, 1/250s and f/8.0, edited in lightroom cc and analog efex pro 2, wet plate filter applied, fingers over eyes*
I love the use of unforgiving structure here! It reads like a downward spiral, like dark blotches of ink that suddenly take meaning. I can’t even imagine how you came to writing this but it’s absolutely amazing. A new favourite of mine (;
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Thank you J, that means a lot to me, I have been exploring my dark side and find Mara’s prompts make wonderful food for thought…
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As J. I. Gallo says, I can’t and don’t even wish to imagine the inspiration behind this haunting poem. The result is wonderful – though painful.
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Thank you Mara, your prompt, and your own poem, were excellent. Watch out for a new dark | side very soon 😉
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Oh good, I’ll be looking to see more darkness then!
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Coming soon.
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Reblogged this on radicalrumblings.
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Because you’re work encompasses both photography and poetry – that is what is special. Many people can do either/or but not both. What this brought up for me – I write a prison blog for someone I am close to. We’ve been writing for over 7 years. Because prisons are very racist he has spent a lot of time in solitary confinement. I am writing a book based on his letters. One day I wrote a chapter called, “The Nightmare” and the next day I got a letter from him about a recurring nightmare he was having. He felt something bad was going to happen. It did. He’s back in solitary. Reading your poem made me think of endless nights locked in a 5 by 8 ft cement box. I really like the way you use double exposures. It has a haunting feeling. I recently started another blog just for chapter excerpts. I had to hunt through stock photos to find something that temporarily represented what I want for a book cover. Covers can make or break the book. This is my first book and I still have a lot to write. If you would take a look I think you’ll see what I’m trying to say This is not a happy book. Have you ever done any book covers? I’ve also composed a lot of piano music for it. The book is at http://insidetheforbiddenoutside.wordpress.com
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Thank you very much for this. Your project sounds fascinating, I will go and read your blog, it sounds like a very challenging project. And I will take a look at your book also, I’ve never done a book cover although I would love to do so.
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Your photography has layers to it which is what appealed to me. Something that shows there is more to the story than what you can see.
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You are very kind, and I am enjoying reading your blog, it offers a great deal of insight and challenge.
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Really interesting structure! ✪
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Thank you Angie!
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Dark thoughts, indeed !
Will head over to check out Mara’s poem.
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Dark all round I think! And thank you!
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Stunning photo and I love the poem – the structure is intriguing and mesmerizing. Excellent.
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Thank you DJ, glad you liked my rather gruesome poem…
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I do, it’s nice and dark and gritty. My favourite. Those fingers are reaching out!
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Thank you again, it is a very scary statue…
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not only did the photograph terrify me but your words also, well done 😀 xx
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Thank you Justine, I too felt a little terrified by my own post…
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lol
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You are expressing a lot of emotion within your lines. That really got me.
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Thank you, sometimes I am perhaps too emotional, for some.
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