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fingers

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Cold, icy, fingers, reaching out, twisted, full of avarice, tainted with malice. Clawing, prying, like lice. Sure in purpose, disturbing, exposing, dealing in deceit. Touched unseen by fingers, trice unexpected, so uninvited. Wait. Crisis averted, like an oasis, those fingers are not

real

(for wordpress writing 201 – fingers, a prose poem about fingers with added assonance)

(also for lucile’s the clinic – photo rehab)

*shot with nikon d700, 16-35mm f/4 lens, edited in aperture 3, analog efex pro 2 with motion filter applied, meaning redacted*

hero

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the man in black
the man in black

Do you know, the man in black?

The man in black, who has a full heart.

The man in black, who made mistakes, offered his heart.

The man in black, who travelled so far, put away his heart.

The man in black, who always meant well, injured your heart.

The man in black, who some say feels naught, understood his own heart.

The man in black, who cared for them all, neglected his heart.

The man in black, who yearns to live, opens his heart.

The man in black, who with his art, reveals his heart.

The man in black, who has a full heart.

Can you love, the man in black?

for wordpress writing 201 – hero, a ballad about a hero with a sprinkling of anaphora and epistrophe

rule of thirds (the second)

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"we who have made the great mistake, how differently we should all act at the second chance" j m barrie
“we who have made the great mistake, how differently we should all act at the second chance”
– j m barrie

in an unstable

world

are you able

to find a place to

hang your

hat?

for wordpress weekly photo challenge, rule of thirds

(and for lucile’s the clinic – photo rehab)

*shot with nikon d700, 50mm f/1.4 nikkor lens, edited in aperture 3 and analog efex pro 2, hung out to dry*

trust

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safe haven
safe haven

on trust not in lust
let go, allow it to flow
on with life, not with strife
many times before, he swore
often, on the day, gave way
until, he became still, not ill
can it be, that here, there is no fear?

(a story of trust in the form of an acrostic with some internal rhyme for day three of Writing 201)

(and for lucile’s the clinic – photo rehab)

*shot with nikon d700, 50mm f1.4 nikkor lens, edited in aperture 3, silver efex pro2 with filter 024 full contrast and structure applied, laughter, swings and icy chains involved*

writing (201) poetry

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“all things want to float”

― rainer maria rilke

take me away
take me away

home…

what does

it mean

to you

is it, a

place of

safety

or, would

you rather

float?

(during the next two weeks i will be inflicting poems on you as i have signed up for the wordpress writing 201 course, i apologise in advance)

(also…for lucile’s The Clinic – Photo Rehab)

*shot with nikon d700, edited with aperture 3, analog efex pro 2, double exposure filter, and a glass of red wine*

symmetry

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“if you ever see a symmetrical human face, you will have the impression that you ought to think it beautiful, but that in fact you find it cold
the human heart likes a little disorder in its geometry”

― louis de bernières, captain corelli’s mandolin

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jagged lines

curved line

to

the

heart?

(for wordpress weekly photo challenge, symmetry)

(and lucile’s The Clinic – Photo Rehab)

*shot with nikon d700, edited in aperture 3, analog efex pro 2, double exposure filter and silver efex pro 2, warm heart, cold hands, standing in middle of road*

shooting people (shooting)

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“a picture is a secret about a secret, the more it tells you the less you know”

― diane arbus

shooter
shooter

(for lucile’s the clinic – photo rehab)

*shot with nikon d700, edited with aperture 3, analog efex pro 2, wet plate and double exposure filters, shooter shot*

happy

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“learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness”

― ayn rand

may all beings be happy...
may all beings be happy…

a walk

in

the snow

a moment

to remember

if, you

know?

(advertising hoarding, supermarket, patagonia)

(for lucile’s the clinic – photo rehab)


*shot with nikon d700, edited with aperture 3, analog efex pro 2 double exposure filter, silver efex pro 2, fingerless gloves were involved in a peripheral sense*

express (yourself)

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“i think we dream so we don’t have to be apart for so long
if we’re in each other’s dreams, we can be together all the time”

― a.a. milne, winnie-the-pooh

he rang the bell
he rang the bell

the window

shadow

the corridor

horror

he dreamed

of, being

reedemed

(for wordpress weekly photo challenge, express yourself)