Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made, and forgot to put a soul into. 

Henry Beecher

The Explosion

On the day of the explosion
Shadows pointed towards the pithead:
In the sun the slagheap slept.

...

by Philip Larkin

Urban Abstract

...

And the more we look up
The more we can look in

In to what can be
In to the past
In to ourselves

 ...

from the net

Beauty

     “Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it

- Confucius

 ”

Seeds

Find the seed at the bottom of your heart and bring forth a flower.
-  Shigenori Kameoka

Orchid

"Scent of an angel,

Looks of a goddess,

She smiles at the sun,

Wipes away her despair."

- by Jordan TC

UFO ?

Edmonton Winspear Centre

I want to put a ding in the universe. (Steve Jobs)

Unknowing

In the dark, it begins
Unknowing, it breathes
Breaths full of expectation, hopes,
Fears 
...
by LK Hunsaker

Ula

"A charming woman doesn't follow the crowd. She is herself."

by Loretta Young

Pink Gerbera

Multum in Parvo

(Much in Little)

Tiny Trinkets

In my subconscious... sand particles, filter through... the hourglass of time... memories, kaleidoscope... I grasp, tiny trinkets... happy times, good feelings... that have survived... life's catastrophic storms... reaffirming my appreciation... for the life, I have been granted... I pray that I never forget... these tiny trinkets.. gifts from God... by Zenith Elliott

Love

The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
by Theodore Hesburgh

My Birthday Cake

About the only thing that comes to us without effort is old age.

A knot

I can look at the knot in a piece of wood until it frightens me.

by William Blake

Happy Valentine's Day!

There is only one happiness in life,

to love and be loved.

- George Sand -

Peeking Out From Under the Snow

 

Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart. 

by Victor Hugo

Carnations

Bouquet of loveliness given with care,

ripplin’ petals explode with such flare.

Powdery pinkish, emit aromas sublime,

carnations delight since the start of time.

...

by Sheri Poe-Pape

A dog

A dog is not "almost human," and I know of no greater insult to the canine race

than to describe it as such.
John Holmes

...about life.

We think in generalities, but we live in details. 

Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947)

Addiction

 

What have I became
in this false fantasy?
Thriving on something sweet,

...

by Claire Nixon

RED

RED  (Rather Extremely Dangerous for a crippled man)

Complexity

Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.

-Alan Perlis 

 

 

Cold now.

... 

In the season of snow,
in the immeasurable cold,
we grow cruel but honest; we keep
ourselves alive,
if we can, taking one after another
the necessary bodies of others, the many
crushed red flowers.

by Mary Oliver 

The Unknown Path

 

Yet again I have that sense
I'm on an unknown path,
A narrow side-track,
No longer the wide main road

...

by D.Champion

Rain of Tears

 And at the end of the day,
and  after all these years
I don’t know where to hide
from The Rain Of Tears…

(from the net)

Flying Home

 

Clouds

by Christina Rossetti

White sheep, white sheep,
On a blue hill,
When the wind stops
You all stand still
When the wind blows
You walk away slow.
White sheep, white sheep,
Where do you go?

Decisions, decisions, decisions ...

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

 Lao Tzu

 

Enjoy your life!

Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going to fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.
-Eddie Cantor 

Into the abyss

my mind is
a big hunk of irrevocable nothing which touch and taste and smell
and hearing and sight keep hitting and chipping with sharp fatal
tools
in an agony of sensual chisels i perform squirms of chrome and ex
-ecute strides of cobalt
nevertheless i
feel that i cleverly am being altered that i slightly am becoming
something a little different, in fact
myself
Hereupon helpless i utter lilac shrieks and scarlet bellowings.

by E.E. Cummings

Sunset

...

Listen to the sunset
See its pretty hue
But I cant enjoy the sunset
If I am not with you

...

by Lilli Singh

Come, float with me for a while.
Imagine a dream with a subtle smile.
Imagine horizons wherever you view,
Placid waters green upon blue.
...
by Ronald W. Hull

Fun is good

If you never did you should. These things are fun and fun is good.
Dr. Seuss quote

Shapes and Patterns

I have come far enough                        

from where I was not before                

to have seen the things                          

looking in at me through the open door

 ...                                                           

from “A Form of Women”, Robert Creeley)

Arizona

THE HUGE red-buttressed mesa over yonder
Is merely a far-off temple where the sleepy sun is burning
Its altar fires of pinyon and toyon for the day.
...

by John Gould Fletcher

Waiting

...
The stars come nightly to the sky;
The tidal wave unto the sea;
Nor time, nor space, nor deep, nor high,
Can keep my own away from me.

by John Burroughs

Flying Away

I must to up to the skies again, to the white clouds and the grey,
And all I ask is a high launch, and the chance to ‘get away’
...
by — Robbie, RAE Gliding Club, ‘Sailplane & Gliding’ magazine