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Sunday, April 3, 2011

Windswept...





"A wind has blown the rain away and blown the sky away and all the leaves away,
and the trees stand.
I think, I too, have known autumn too long."
e.e. cummings


I am not a poetry enthusiast...my grandmother, a librarian for 52 years, gave me several books of English and American poetry over the years, and I'm afraid it never particularly caught on with me...
until I went to college and found e.e. cummings...
I even stopped capitalizing names and nouns...
his work still resonates with me...



16 comments:

  1. This is so hauntingly beautiful.
    It orobably doesn't have that haunting quality in colour.

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  2. Thank you Lesley!!! And glad you stopped by to visit and comment! I liked it as well in color...bright blue sky, brown brush and a dusty brownish green tree...but I think in B&W it took on a little more melancholy look...the loneliness of the tree...

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  3. Very nice, looks great with that lonely tree in the middle
    Great shot ;)

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  4. Outstanding composition! Great poem too!

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  5. Thank you Dharma Chick and James!!! Glad you both stopped by to visit and commented!!!

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  6. Your photo is simply amazing :)

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  7. Thank you Elisa!!! I was really entranced by the single tree and the waves of snow on the hillside...glad you like it!!! And thanks for visiting and commenting!!!

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  8. Thank you Halina!!! And thank you for stopping by to visit and comment!

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  9. that´s some big sand dunes. I like this shot. Can feel what it would be to walk in it.

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  10. Love the windblown curves, and the brave tree surviving on its own.

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  11. This is an exquisite photo with the gentle slopes dotted with vegetation and a focal tree. It looks like icing with a dusting of cocoa.

    Bises,
    G

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  12. What a majestic shot to go with those lovely words... I do love cummings' poetry.

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  13. Thanks NatureFootstep! It does look like sand dunes!!!

    Thanks Dragonstar! I love your take..."the brave tree surviving on it's own"...exactly!!!

    Thank you Genie!!! I love all of the descriptions of what this scene brings to mind!!! Thank your for participating!!!

    Why is it that I am not surprised that you would love cumming's poetry LadyFi!!! You poetic Lady, you!!! Your blog speaks of poetry in your photos and words!!!

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