Blue mountains
the mountains were
exceptionally blue
that day
or was it that i felt
unexpectedly blue
that day
perhaps a bit of both
that day
offshore
Monthly Archives: April 2012
The sun’s birthday
Sun wish
(i who have died am alive again today,
and this is the sun’s birthday; this is the birth
day of life and of love and wings: and of the gay
great happening illimitably earth)
E. E. Cummings
Lines from “ i thank You God for most this amazing day,” 1950
Watercolour
Watercolour
Watercolour
This photograph when enlarged
only reveals its low resolution
This photograph when enlarged
only reveals its poor quality
This photograph when enlarged
only reveals it is not a painting
This photograph when resized
only reveals that a memory
is always worth taking
Stones
Stones
A turquoise ring
Not turquoise but a stone of the colour
A stone among stones
Three black, one blue
There are only moments
Katharine Murray Millett, Alice Neel, 1970
There are only moments. Live in this one. The happiness of these days.
Kate Millet
Words from Sita, 1977
Flowers are words
Flowers are words which even a baby can understand.
Quentin Crisp
2000 Petals, Martin Hill, 2000 (Open Edition Print)
Running on empty
River Phoenix as Michael/Danny in Running on Empty, 1988
There are times when you must leave
Whether for music or art
Or a lover or a friend
Or the kindness of strangers
And the weakness of your heart
You must flee into the darkness
You must fly among the birds
You must know that is possible
You must thunder for the world
He saw horses
He saw horses, horses, horses, horses, horses, horses, horses, horses.
Patti Smith
Horses in a Meadow, Edgar Degas, 1871
On my way home
On my way home, Earth Day
I passed by a tree
large and filled with flowers
And so decided
to frame a close up of two
