Pic for a poem or poem for a pic

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

12/05/2005 09:03:18 AM · #376

Originally posted by TooCool:

Is it fair to ask for another poem?

It is fair TooCool.

Jammur

Nikon D300

12/05/2005 09:40:54 AM · #377

Originally posted by justin_hewlett:

This poem is simply amazing. It reminds me a lot of Alfred Tennyson's Ulysses.

Thank you, Justin.
I'm at a loss for words.

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

12/05/2005 11:31:42 AM · #378

"Ring out, wild bells,"
-Christmas Poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)

Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty light;
The year is dying in the night.
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.

Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.

Ring out the grief that saps the mind,
For those that here we see no more,
Ring out the feud of rich and poor,
Ring in redress to all mankind.

Ring out the want, the care the sin,
The faithless coldness of the times;
Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes,
But ring the fuller minstrel in.

Ring out false pride in place and blood,
The civic slander and the spite;
Ring in the love of truth and right,
Ring in the common love of good.

Ring out old shapes of foul disease,
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;
Ring out the thousand wars of old,
Ring in the thousand years of peace.

Ring in the valiant man and free,
The larger heart, the kindlier hand;
Ring out the darkness of the land,
Ring in the Christ that is to be.

Message edited by author 2005-12-05 11:51:21.

justin_hewlett

Canon EOS-1000D Rebel XS

12/05/2005 11:32:13 AM · #379

Originally posted by Artan:

Oh beautiful morning,
your calmness embraces me.

Oh beautiful morning,
your serenity inspires me.

Oh beautiful morning,
your harmony enriches me.

Oh beautiful morning,
your presence arouses me.

Oh beautiful morning,
my beautiful morning,
my tranquil dawn.

Thanks Artan. That's wonderful, I like it a lot.

justin_hewlett

Canon EOS-1000D Rebel XS

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

12/05/2005 11:33:36 AM · #380

Originally posted by Jammur:

Originally posted by justin_hewlett:

This poem is simply amazing. It reminds me a lot of Alfred Tennyson's Ulysses.

Thank you, Justin.
I'm at a loss for words.

You're welcome.

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

12/05/2005 11:41:43 AM · #381

Nicely done Artan.

Artan

Canon Digital IXUS v3

12/05/2005 12:02:39 PM · #382

Your Welcome

Originally posted by justin_hewlett:

Originally posted by Artan:

Oh beautiful morning,
your calmness embraces me.

Oh beautiful morning,
your serenity inspires me.

Oh beautiful morning,
your harmony enriches me.

Oh beautiful morning,
your presence arouses me.

Oh beautiful morning,
my beautiful morning,
my tranquil dawn.

Thanks Artan. That's wonderful, I like it a lot.

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

12/05/2005 04:54:38 PM · #383

I gave this one a shot.

Originally posted by justin_hewlett:

Here's a few of mine if anyone is interested.

Once I reached for cobalt heavens.
Stretching upwards to the sky.

I drank the rain and shrugged the wind,
and sheltered birds too weak to fly.

When heavy snow would take a branch,
two more Iâ��d grow, to fill itâ��s place.

I shed my foliage every Fall,
and started fresh with Springâ��s embrace.

The years have passed with rings to tell.
My sap of life has since run dry.

My branches, reaching for the heavens,
no longer wave to the cobalt sky.

Nusbaum

Fujifilm X-T1

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

12/05/2005 05:53:02 PM · #384

These are my two most popular images her on dpc, maybe one is worthy of a poem?

justin_hewlett

Canon EOS-1000D Rebel XS

12/05/2005 06:13:22 PM · #385

Originally posted by greatandsmall:

I gave this one a shot.

Originally posted by justin_hewlett:

Here's a few of mine if anyone is interested.

Once I reached for cobalt heavens.
Stretching upwards to the sky.

I drank the rain and shrugged the wind,
and sheltered birds too weak to fly.

When heavy snow would take a branch,
two more Iâ��d grow, to fill itâ��s place.

I shed my foliage every Fall,
and started fresh with Springâ��s embrace.

The years have passed with rings to tell.
My sap of life has since run dry.

My branches, reaching for the heavens,
no longer wave to the cobalt sky.

Wow! This is excellent. Great job Roxanne and thanks a lot! Now to add it to my picture...

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

12/05/2005 06:13:57 PM · #386

Originally posted by Nusbaum:

Passion

My love, emerging from the mud,
still smolders with unearthly flame,
a spirit so intense that I,
beside her, seem completely tame.

And yet, I burn just as she does,
the only difference being this:
her flagrant eyes will kindle me,
while she ignites each time we kiss...

Oh, it is glorious indeed,
the way we burn because we must:
the paths two lovers take to joy
when they spark steel and flint to lust!

************

jejejeâ�¢

Robt.

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

12/05/2005 06:27:02 PM · #387

Originally posted by greatandsmall:

Bravo! Bravo! Fine grasp of meter! I love it!

R.

12/05/2005 07:38:21 PM · #388

Please post your pics for a poem or write a poem for a pic. This is awesome, people working together. Jeff

Message edited by author 2005-12-05 20:14:07.

12/05/2005 08:03:13 PM · #389

Originally posted by justin_hewlett:

Wow! This is excellent. Great job Roxanne and thanks a lot! Now to add it to my picture...

I'm very flattered (and surprised) by the responses to that poem.

Thanks Justin!
I see you beat me to it.

Robert,
I'm PMing you in a moment.

Jeff,
In response to you request for another...
I'll see what I can do. No promises though. I may be a one-hit-wonder.

12/05/2005 08:33:39 PM · #390

Robert are you feeling frisky tonight? !~>

Message edited by author 2005-12-05 20:50:29.

12/05/2005 08:53:16 PM · #391

Ok, I want to play on the other team now. May I have one? Please.

Message edited by author 2005-12-05 21:45:16.

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

12/05/2005 09:05:15 PM · #392

Originally posted by greatandsmall:

[quote=justin_hewlett]

Jeff,
In response to you request for another...
I'll see what I can do. No promises though. I may be a one-hit-wonder.

LOL you rhymed in your response.

alfresco

Nikon D700

12/05/2005 09:19:08 PM · #393

Originally posted by jsas:

I have been told I am not ready for a book.

I would seriously beg to differ on this point.

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

12/05/2005 09:24:01 PM · #394

Thanks JP

Jammur

Nikon D300

12/05/2005 10:23:04 PM · #395

Originally posted by dewed:

On behalf of my Wife:

David,
Loosing a love one seems almost more than we can bear but we carry their loving memories in our minds and hearts forever. Time carries us all forward and someday we will all be reunited.

Take Care,
Donna

Times Embrace

Time stands still in this awful
place, as I await illness to take
you from me.

I look upon your face and
see your life spread before me.
Itâ��s an open book, I see.

The tiny lines of worry
show. A life spent caring
for those you know.

The lines about your mouth,
past pleasure shows. Smiles
of yesterdays froze.

Upon your weathered skin I
look. I see sun and wind along
with the toll many winters took.

Time and sickness cannot steal
your beauty. I think my heart
will burst from love of you, but
It only grows.

D K Kennedy

12/05/2005 10:45:40 PM · #396

Donna, I can tell that was heartfelt. Thank you. Jeff

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

12/05/2005 11:23:58 PM · #397

Originally posted by jsas:

Ok, I want to play on the other team now. May I have one? Please.

A bulky, dusty, out of tune
wooden box on legs
lingers in our family room,
and cringes in dismay.

When Grandma passed, a somber hymn
accompanied her ascent.
When Dad proposed they gathered round
And sang for hours on end.

On holidays and lonely nights
the music ebbed and flowed.
The technician came twice a year
And tuning gifts bestowed.

Arthritis cursed, the crowds dispersed,
a quietness crept in.
The once adored was now ignored
when vinyl took a spin.

The stranger dwells in solitude
with little more to give,
than memories of better days
when we knew how to live.

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

12/05/2005 11:25:30 PM · #398

Originally posted by greatandsmall:

Originally posted by jsas:
Ok, I want to play on the other team now. May I have one? Please.

A bulky, dusty, out of tune
wooden box on legs
lingers in our family room,
and cringes in dismay.

When Grandma passed, a somber hymn
accompanied her ascent.
When Dad proposed they gathered round
And sang for hours on end.

On holidays and lonely nights
the music ebbed and flowed.
The technician came twice a year
And tuning gifts bestowed.

Arthritis cursed, the crowds dispersed,
a quietness crept in.
The once adored was now ignored
when vinyl took a spin.

The stranger dwells in solitude
with little more to give,
than memories of better days
when we knew how to live.

Wowsa!

R.

12/05/2005 11:26:29 PM · #399

Originally posted by bear_music:

Wowsa!

R.