Passion...unbridled

Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge: 2015 Week #6

They compete with each other

For your fleeting attention

Knowing worthy of a second look they are

Even as they stand without pretension.

These oddballs represent

The spirit of freedom

Not conforming to present

Norms of expression.

A photographer’s delight

Oddballs interest us

For they bring to light

Absurdities humorous.

Pink lambs? Man wearing the “kathakali” mask- worn by dancers for the Kathakali dance form from Kerala, India Blowing fire trick at a party in India

Travel theme: Details

The devil, they said

Is in the detail

I countered, saying instead

God’s presence should prevail-

God has blessed his creations

With subtle details embedded

Within clever compilations,

Like cloth with a pattern threaded.

Tulips, Longwood Gardens near Philadelphia Glass fruits, Corning Museum of Glass, New York Bugs, Nuseum of Natural History, Philadelphia
Wild Mushroom Painted ceiling, Vatican City

Weekly Photo Challenge: Scale

In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Scale.”

A speck so minute

In the universe so vast

Existing in the blink of an eye

Of time, moving by so fast.

I have but a moment

In the cosmic calendar

To live all my life

And enjoy the earth’s splendor.

I am a microscopic dot

On the scale of the earth

Can I leave a mark for generations

That is of some worth?

A voice inside me answered

Of course you can, it said

Being small and short-lived

Are not barriers to getting ahead.

Dinosaur skeleton at Museum of Natural history, Philadelphia

Llama family at a farm in New England

Fountains at Bellagio seen from the top of “Eiffel Tower”, Paris, Las Vegas

Maine coastline seen from Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park, Maine

ONE WORD PHOTO CHALLENGE: STRAWBERRY

Floral scorpionRed Balls near Rockefeller Center, New York City

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Table and Chairs

May I invite you

To spend some time with me?

Under the summer sky, so blue

Sitting at a table in a manner carefree,

We would wine and dine and share

Secrets, fears, innermost desires

Of our hearts, we would lay bare;

Leaving each other to douse our fires.

Let’s sit at a table, and each other face

Let our eyes meet, let tears flow

Pour out our hearts and let us embrace

Each other, basking in friendship’s glow.

Dining by the lake Wedding banquet Waiting at the table-Madame Tussaud’s museum, San Francisco Man on the bench, New York City

Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge: 2015 Week #5

In a quandary am I

Which way should I take?

I have no reason why

For anyone’s sake

I should compromise

On my heart’s true calling

Listening to well-meant advice

Is often quite appalling.

I’ll take every which way

Full of challenges all new

Write my own destiny, I pray

To my conscience, stay true.

The Daily Post-Teacher’s Pet

I know this post was supposed to talk about one favorite teacher, but when you have been a student for over 30 years, it is difficult to name one. So this is dedicated to all my teachers-

A teacher, they say

Affects eternity-

He never may

Know his capacity

To influence his pupils

Extends to the sky-

Inspiring fresh tendrils

To reach up so high,

A teacher’s vocation

Is the noblest of all,

To be an inspiration

Is the highest of call.

My teachers have taught me

To stand for what’s right

To never lose my integrity

In my work, take pride.

Parallel reality

http://www.psych.nyu.edu/couples/

Another life if I could live

In a universe, alternate

Maybe more I could give

Of myself, to my mate

Maybe I could love with abandon

Free from all restraints

With every muscle, sinew and tendon

Without any constraints.

Where our love would be

Untouched by anger, ego, pride

Open books we both could be

With no shameful secrets to hide.

In this parallel universe

Our souls, torn away could heal

Forever, for better or worse

Together, our souls could seal.

In another life, we could face

The world as a single entity

In the universe, the only place

For us to exist would be as unity.

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O’ how I have longed to

Live in this different state

Just realized what we could do

To change our current fate.

Slowly, steadily, gradually

We’ll erase all trace

Of our old life, actually

With the parallel world replace.

Dispel the negative baggage

Of ego, anger and pride

Suppress emotions savage

Forever, deep inside.

Let love flood the gate

Of our life together

Leave endless gifts on our plate

And make our lives better.

Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge: 2015 Week #5

Quirky things and oddities

Are interesting commodities

Humorous they may be

They may inspire creativity

Oddballs you cannot ignore

If you look, you will find more,

When you can, capture them in your lens

They will appeal to your aesthetic sense.
Floral pony, Conservatory at Bellagio, Las VegasSiamese twins- Glass sculpture, Museum of Art and Design, New York City