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*
During the last week, I have been taking part in the WordPress Writing 201: Poetry course.
Daily Post editor, Ben Huberman, has prompted us each day with a new prompt, form and a device.
This weekend, we were granted a break from the creative process and invited to share a poem that we love.
I choose to share words from a poet to whose writing I was introduced whilst living and working in Belgrade.
I have often used quotes from his work coupled with my photos on my blogs belgradestreets and belgianstreets.
These words, from Rainer Maria Rilke, once shared with me at a time when I felt empty and without hope, are simple yet compelling.
“Let everything happen to you
Beauty and terror
Just keep going
No feeling is final”
The image I chose to use today comes from a shoot in a famous cemetery that I shared recently on belgianstreets, the words seem to fit both the expression in the eyes of this dead wartime warrior, and the feelings of those he left behind.
third place
third choice
third class
third world
rules
not
?
for wordpress weekly photo challenge, rule of thirds
In the blink
Of an eye, he thought
To cry. Oh how he wanted to
Drink. Shuffling forward, his claws dragging along
The floor. Wretched and old, he remembered being
Told that it would be better one
Day. So he blinked again
One eye.
(a story featuring an animal in the form of concrete poetry with a little enjambment for day four of Writing 201)
(and for lucile’s the clinic – photo rehab)
*shot with nikon d700, 50mm f1.4 nikkor lens, edited in aperture 3, analog ex pro 2, double exposure filter applied, and a turtle*
fragmented he sees
dark thoughts they may yet not drown
shift and twist inside
(water, a haiku for day one of Writing 201)
“all things want to float”
― rainer maria rilke
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*
“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
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*
“…clarice
will you let me know if ever the lambs stop screaming?”
― thomas harris, the silence of the lambs
…the phone trilled
holding it to her ear
as she looked into the woods
she heard
the
silent “béé”
of, the
lamb
(this is my response to justine’s latest story and photography prompt in her eclectic corner)
“a picture is a secret about a secret, the more it tells you the less you know”
― diane arbus
(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*
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