September 2009
September 2009
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September 30, 2009 Behind the Curtain
September 29, 2009 Taking Pictures 2 (by Eric)
September 28, 2009 RA.... RA.... RA....
September 27, 2009 Lion
September 26, 2009 Lock and Chain No. 10
September 25, 2009 Pink Geraniums
September 24, 2009 Water Spout
September 23, 2009 Virginia
Part of the 1000 Faces project
September 22, 2009 In Spring In Yoshino
In Spring in Yoshino
In spring in Yoshino we learned to slow our hearts
To the flow of cherry trees painting mountains
From the bottom to top
Each day a wonder as we
Climbed the hills to see more flowers
At night to effortless sleep
Then awake again to the laughter of children
On their way to school in the morning
The universal language of joy
Children moving in happy dance
Uniforms crisp white, blue,
In Yoshino we drank tea
Beside koi ponds
Marveled at painter's strokes, dabs of color
Charcoal and orange the fish
Our hearts at peace like those lazy fish we were
Brushing effortlessly against each other
Our bodies as one
Slowed, relaxed in time
Our lives a precious tea ceremony
While cherry trees painted mountains
We learned to slow our hearts.
September 21, 2009 Sunrise Fall Equinox 2009
September 20, 2009 Taking Pictures Part of the 1000 Faces Project
September 19, 2009 Decorative Red Clover Flowers
September 18, 2009 Spider
September 17, 2009 Blue Door - To Illustrate the Poem The Blue Door in the Forthcoming Book
The Blue Door
I stand before you and pause,
A secret bow to that moment of fear.
Oh lover mine I remember you were hard
Now you surrender so easily.
Oh lover mine I remember you and your friends
How you betrayed me shamelessly,
Books knocked to floor
Shoulder smashed blue like my blue door,
Echoed down the hallways laughter.
Crashing into lockers laughter.
Laughter mixing with the song of happy voices
In classes filled with strangers
While I stood alone comforted by dry and bitter tears.
But here today Blue Door
With the slightest pull you open to invite me in.
All is forgiven?
No lover mine I am not yours
I am a stranger still before your Blue Door.
September 16, 2009 Lonely Light
September 15, 2009 Pictures of me that amuse you
(Currently used to Illustrate the Poem Naked )
Naked (With gratitude to Ricardo Arjona and Wesley Norman)
So
this is what it feels like to be naked.
You know me from my toes to my hair
To how I sleep
To the sound of the struggle
Just breathing makes
Like some ancient steam engine on a difficult incline
Naked
With drool in the night
Mouth open to let the wetness of me
Escape to a pillow
Disgusting.
This is what it feels like to be naked
With pictures of me that amuse you
My neck all wrong and
WTF happened to my face?
Yet you tell me you like them
Love them even
These pictures of me
I am here
Naked with tubes and wires
Blood in bags drip drip dripping down
To painful sores deep inside me
A heart ready to quit
I am naked and you rush to embrace me
Jump start love so strong and pure
I am slammed against the force of it
Eye to eye, I to I
Against pictures of me that amuse you
Pictures of my neck all wrong and
A stranger’s face I see instead of me
Let me learn to love me
As you love me
Lift me to see what you are seeing
That I may deserve your love.
September 14, 2009 M Part of the 1000 Faces Project Click any face for more faces
September 13, 2009 Wild Snapdragons
September 12, 2009 Seed Heads
September 11, 2009 Blue Flower
September 10, 2009 Burger King - Niagara Falls
September 9, 2009 Wheel
September 8, 2009 CN Tower from the Rogers Centre
September 7, 2009 Blood in the Sky
September 6, 2009 More Faces - (Click any Picture for More Faces)
Part of the 1000 Faces Project
Eric
September 5, 2009 Wasp on White
September 4, 2009 Ricardo Arjona En Concierto - Brampton Ontario
(It was great)
September 3, 2009 Morning Glory (Closed)
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September 2, 2009 Fire in the Sky - (Pray For Rain In LA)
September 1, 2009 Riding into September
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