a leisurely lunch
two iPads on the table
clam chowder with doug
now a memory
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Leica M8, 28 mm Summicron Asph
Category: Poetry
Porch cave meditation
the beautiful way:
weather and time returning
the cedar to earth
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A seed in the earth grows into a cedar tree which men harvest and fabricate into lumber. I fashion the boards into my porch; which serves me for 25 years; only to be reclaimed by the atmosphere; due, in part, to my own design flaws. Though the process will reclaim all no matter how perfect the design.
Leica R8/DMR, 135 mm Zeiss S-Planar T•, on Cambo Ultima, using tilt
Wispy Wednesday
forgotten places
and things lost by someone else
then found along their pathway
remembering still — life
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Canon 5D, 24-70 mm EF L @ 70 mm
Wabi-sabi Wednesday
witness weather’s work.
solid, water wed with wreckage,
a withered wind whipped leaf
within a well-worn wrapper.
winter will not wait.
WHAM!
a wizard will work this into a range hood
wrought worthy of a warm wok.
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Leica M8, 50 mm Summilux Asph
Forest fairy found in Wauwatosa, WI
the photographers
disappear behind grandpas
when fairies appear
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Leica M8, 28 mm Summicron Asph
Not only leaves fall
not only leaves fall
winds and windows change the state
of life around us
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R8/DMR, 100 mm Apo-Macro Elmarit
R8/DMR, 15 mm Super Elmar
Dancing through time — Friday — flower appears.
ever fewer
ever smaller blooms,
now surrounded by fallen
leaves, dancing in the breeze
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As I look through the view finder I slowly fall in love with this tiny blossom, resting on the weathered cedar, in the shade of the porch; even though the light lacks quality. The afternoon sun requires redirecting. The closest useful tool sits six feet away; in the kitchen drawer. A sheet of aluminum foil allows me to bring the sunlight back into the scene. As I search for the composition the slight fall breeze continually moves the near weightless leaves around the subject — a delicate dance. New leaves appear on this dance floor. Others depart. The breeze on the foil also causes the light to dance about in endless variations. So too does the camera move; closer; further; lower; higher; searching for the rhythms. So which of these best captured my affection for the subject and the light? I still can’t decide.
Leica R8/DMR, 100 mm Apo-Macro-Elmarit
Friday flowers difficult to locate
slither through weeds, there
found blooms, still warmed by the sun.
smell earth before snow
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Leica R8/DMR, 100 mm Apo Macro Elmarit
Fall appears
greens turning to golds
fall, silent, without a splash,
blowing hot and cold
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R8/DMR, 15 mm Super Elmar
Real love loves reality
Our parents’ ashes
rest in that great chalice, Lake
Michigan, reflected
now in my dear sister’s Shades
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M8, 50 mm Summilux Asph
Jean-Luc Godard said, “When you photograph a face, you photograph the soul behind it.” Can this be true? Some times; perhaps.