writing (201) poetry

“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

“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

AJT_3924

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*

the silence (of)

“…clarice

will you let me know if ever the lambs stop screaming?”

― thomas harris, the silence of the lambs

spiky lamb
spiky lamb

…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)

shooting people (shooting)

“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

“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*

scale

“prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends”

― plutarch

AJT_3864

they fight

for the right

to be right

they might

take fright

at the light

reflected by,

…the turtle

(for wordpress weekly photo challenge, scale)

blended

“Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings”

― ralph waldo emerson

bottled basque
bottled basque

sing

a song

of bottles

and basques

and

don’t ask

(for lucile’s photo 101 rehab)

* shot with nikon d700, edited in aperture 3, photoshop cc using layer mask and analog efex pro 2, double exposure filter, tongue firmly in cheek 😉 *

(after) tea (time)

“Nothing is more imminent than the impossible . . . what we must always foresee is the unforeseen”

― victor hugo, les miserables

blurred vision
blurred vision

open, your

heart

don’t fear

it’s

art

(for justine’s tea party #5 and lucile’s photo 101 rehab)

*shot with nikon d700, edited in aperture 3 and analog efex pro 2, double exposure filter, freezings hands, warm heart*

tea (time)

“I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea”

― fyodor dostoyevsky, notes from underground

AJT_3900

table, all

set

two cups

well

met

(for justine’s tea party #5 and lucile’s photo 101 rehab)

*shot with nikon d700, edited in aperture 3 and analog efex pro 2, wet plate filter, freezings hands, warm heart*