Tiny Mushrooms on a Tree

Tiny mushrooms on a tree,
Hide your angels under thee,
When the snow does hide your wealth,
Then no longer need to stealth.

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Skeletal Grain

Apparently I purchased Photoshop Elements, not knowing the difference between that and the regular Photoshop. Elements doesn't have a 'Pen' tool, which was in the tutorial I was following. Well, without the Pen tool I wasn't able to accomplish what I set out to do, but rather instead, I played around with layers, and made this funky layer then did some funky 'toy' effect. Oh well.

It kind of reminds me of the segments in a dinosaur display at a museum.
Call it: Skeletal Grain

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Original:

Diffracting waves

Diffracting waves encircle tiny tufts of grasses puffed with shiny glare,
Sun sets beyond my reach where dreams lie idle beyond my grasp,
Resuscitating instances of future glow and color lapse,
it would be mine if I've tempted fate and braved my fears,
but do I dare?

It's out there...

Perchance it's what I've been waiting for.

Solitude

One lonely leisure afternoon the trail laid bare before my way,
remote seclusion summons hypnotic spell I must obey.
Subtle solemn silence set amongst the shiny snow
is sure to rip this emptiness from my soul whence it did lay.

messages sent through vast starlight

These heavenly bodies floating through the universe are in reality
Yellow puff blossoms on green in the cactus room at Phipps Conservatory.
Multitudes are found on a tree, and they are quite small.

I walk by day in green covered woods, although they're white,
where song birds sing beneath the sun and crickets chirp by night,
and she is near, although quite far by sight,
yet we converse by messages sent through the vast starlight.

A statue robust in glorious hue

Seeing in all its glory,
the drama and seeming movement of its form,
the gentleness and purity,
the grandeur and flavor
unsurpassed in sight and light,
simulated with a model,
a statue robust in glorious hue,
perceptions forged with depth,
and one lingering impression yet to imbue

Gently fading

Gently fading, drifting off to sleep;
a kind of conscience transition betwixt these waking and sleeping states of mind
where hyperbolic hysteresis transforms slowly, and when perchance
I'm yanked back along the curving spline from sleeping to waking,
that infinitesimally greater bit of energy spent is greater than that of the original journey down,
now up I'll spring into startled quickening alertness difficult to divine.
And what have I lost, or what beauty gained?
Entropy cannot kill my fertile mind.

Poised beneath the petals

Alone beneath the petals,
Poised without a peer,
Parabolic potentate,
Plainly does appear.

Consumes my sight

A star, ever so bright, explodes beyond my grasp,
her luminance shines yellow like a supernova of light,
A perfectly highlighted flower of Christmas Cactus,
sharp contrast curves along her supple form, and consumes my sight

3 times and 4 squared

Pictures give me inspiration for writing:

A cold wet December, so dark and so gray,
Twice as bleak now that my love is away,
My mind in disorder, my heart well astray,
Glee torn asunder, what chance for today?

Yet deep in the shadows beyond where I lay,
One glimmer of hope, one glint of a ray,
Like a star in the night, diffuse and soigné,
It beckons my soul to keep patient this day.

As milkweed seeds fly on a wing and a prayer,
And cycles of tides forge temporal fare,
She will return with her luminance there,
And I will rejoice 3 times and 4 squared!

Panta rhei

An inspiration, held aloft or yet neigh,
Panta rhei,
Conflagration, as the jugglers held high,
Panta rhei,
Orange red globules trickle to earth, oh my,
But don't sigh, Panta rhei.

Precious soles lose touch,
yet still held high in my eminent eye,
now perhaps they are juggling, but I won't cry

If Panta Rhei --
everything's changing,
then what has changed?
Like juggling, the balls and clubs are in the air,
yet they cycle around again,
only to travel their path yet again,
Like the cycles of the earth.
Sure, Panta rhei, but we'll travel that road again,

someday we'll fly.
Perhaps we'll meet again,
Panta rhei
www.flickr.com/photos/panta/523320577/

fly butterfly fly

I represent the 1% of folks that are interested in butterflies.


So hello my lovely little butterfly, how do you fly.
Your beauty is alluring,
It takes my breath away,
Your clarity is defining,
white and black and gray.
But why do I try to catch so lovely a creature as you?
You deserve your freedom,
so fly, butterfly, fly,
Keep your flight and light upon the air,
flutter here and flutter there,
thou shalt pass my way again, I'm sure.

Your season is spring, and mine is fall,

fly with no regret, and captivate us all...

she eludes my grasp

maple leaf rag

Shifting shapes are formed by wafting breezes
as hue, saturation, and brightness adorn the ardent eye.
Subtle desires burn as yellow and orange conflagrations
indebted to loss of green whence envy makes me sigh.

whisp of yellow

Homegrown wisp of yellow,
thou art my best inspiration,
fraught betwixt mellow template,
brought throngs of exaltation.

a spot of sunlight appeared

beyond the shadows,
below the fold,
between the green,
be ever so bold.

Autumn seed

Autumn seed, so fluffy and white,
come fly away with me.

The wunda of asplundh

Isn't it wonderful?
Taken at the back of Westinghouse site, where I used to work, and still play Ultimate Frisbee.

The story of the cotton wool thread

From Gundidepp:

The story of the cotton wool thread.

There once was a small cotton wool thread, that was afraid that he, as he was, would not be useful for anything: "...for a rope I am much too weak", he said to himself; " …and for a pullover too short. To socialize with others, I have much too many inhibitions. For my own embroidery I also say no, in addition I am too pale and too colourless. Yes, if I would be from Lurex, I could garnish a stole or a dress. But what? It does not come to pass! What can I do already? No one needs me. No one likes me – and I me the least of all."

So the small cotton wool thread spoke, put on some sad music and felt entirely dejected. Then a clump of wax knocked on his door and said: "Do not let yourself hang just so, you cotton wool thread! I have an idea: let's both work this out together. For a large candle, you are in fact too short to be a wick and I do not have enough wax for that, but for a tea candle, it would be just right. It is just much better to light a small flame than to always complain about the darkness!"

Because the small cotton wool thread was entirely happy, he sat together with the clump wax and said: "Now my existence has meaning."

And who knows, perhaps there is in the world yet more short cotton wool threads and small wax clumps that could get together themselves in order to illuminate the world?

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Die Geschichte vom Baumwollfaden.

Es war einmal ein kleiner Baumwollfaden, der hatte Angst, dass er so, wie er war, zu nichts nützlich sei:
„...für ein Schiffstau bin ich viel zu schwach", sagte er sich;"…und für einen Pullover zu kurz. An andere anzuknüpfen, habe ich viel zu viele Hemmungen. Für eine Stickerei eigne ich mich auch nicht, dazu bin ich zu blass und zu farblos. Ja, wenn ich aus Lurex wäre, dann könnte ich eine Stola verzieren oder ein Kleid. Aber so ? Es reicht nicht!
Was kann ich schon? Niemand braucht mich.
Niemand mag mich – und ich mich am allerwenigsten."

So sprach der kleine Baumwollfaden, legte eine traurige Musik auf und fühlte sich ganz niedergeschlagen.
Da klopfte ein Klümpchen Wachs an seine Tür und sagte: „ Lass dich doch nicht so hängen, du Baumwollfaden! Ich hab' da eine Idee: wir beide tun uns zusammen.
Für eine große Kerze bist du als Docht zwar zu kurz und ich hab' dafür nicht genug Wachs, aber für ein Teelicht reicht es allemal. Es ist doch viel besser ein kleines Licht anzuzünden, als immer nur über die Dunkelheit zu jammern!"

Da war der kleine Baumwollfaden ganz glücklich, tat sich mit dem Klümpchen Wachs zusammen und sagte: „ Jetzt hat mein Dasein doch einen Sinn."

Und wer weiß, vielleicht gibt es in der Welt noch mehr kurze Baumwollfäden und kleine Wachsklümpchen, die sich zusammentun könnten, um der Welt zu leuchten ?

Fantastique

Symphonie Fantastique Hello, hurrah, herald garish hooray, Heed Halloween with Hector Berlioz; Heard hectic haunting ghoulish dismay, amidst half notes wholly grandiose Hell hath no fury, quotations oft do say, Quell quaff nor stray, elation cannot bray. Delinquent syncopation inverted contra-play, rhythm under reason, sanctioned as ballet.

Indecision

Sensation, fraught with indecision, reach my soul.
Yours is the free flow of emotion that grabbed my attention.
Now I perceive the advent of cognitive dissonance.
Perchance, yonder alleviated expectancy ripped a void in the universe.
Said expanse of time won't suffice hyperbolic vitriol.
Meld quick, young thought, tonight won't be an eternity.

Indecision

Sensation, fraught with indecision, reach my soul.
Yours is the free flow of emotion that grabbed my attention.
Now I perceive the advent of cognitive dissonance.
Perchance, yonder alleviated expectancy ripped a void in the universe.
Said expanse of time won't suffice hyperbolic vitriol.
Meld quick, young thought, tonight won't be an eternity.

Leaves of three

Leaves of three, beware of me,
behold the flair of color there,
but yet thy touch will hurt so much,
so shant you see you ought to flee..

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Autumn ferns dancing in the wind

When days are shorter, and thoughts grow dim,
all the very essence of life must grow effervescent to compensate
with equal and opposite reaction.
Wenn die Tage kürzer werden, und Gedanken blasser,
all das Wesen des Lebens muss wachsen Brausetabletten zum Ausgleich
mit gleichartige und entgegengesetzte Reaktion.

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Donner summons the bolt

To be able to summon the lightning bolt, and with great music, now that's what I wonder... what would it be like?
FF to about 6:10 for the best part :)

Das Rheingold -- Fafner fights Fasolt, Donner summons bolt

Source: www.youtube.com

This clip starts with Wotan giving the ring back to the giants and ends just as "Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge" starts

Happy Birthday song and lyrics

Alles Gute zum Geburtstag Lied

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4mJL-O5djg&NR=1

Happy Birthday

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4mJ...

Alles Gute zum Geburtstag Lied: Wise Guys-Ständchen

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Wir ham erfahr'n, dass man heut' vor sechzig Jahr'n
den Zeitpunkt günstig fand
und dich kurzerhand entband.

Seitdem bist du auf der Welt.
Schön, dass es dir hier gefällt.
Alles Gute zum Geburtstag!
dadadadadada
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Now we learn that today, sixty years ago.
the timing was favorable.
and you simply gave birth.
Since you're in the world.
Nice that it is you here please.
Happy Birthday!
dadadadadada
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Wir wünschen Dir, dass lauter nette Leute,
ganz besonders heute ganz in deiner Nähe sind.
Und dass sie dir vielleicht ein Moped schenken,
und dass sie an dich denken,
denn du bist das Geburtstagskind.
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We wish you that all nice people,
especially these days are very close to you.
And that they give you maybe a scooter,
and that they think of you,
for you are the birthday child.
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Wir wünschen dir im neuen Lebensjahr,
dass das, was gut ist, bleibt, so wie es war,
und dass alles, was dich nervt,
sich zumindest nicht verschärft
Happy Birthday!
--
We wish you in the new year,
that what is good remains, as it was,
and that everything that was annoying you,
at least is not exacerbated.
Happy Birthday!
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Wir wünschen dir, dass du an jedem Morgen
fröhlich ohne Sorgen,
deinen neuen Tag beginnst.
Und dass du zwar höchstwahrscheinlich
nie die Fernsehlotterie,
aber manche neue Freundin gewinnst.
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We wish for you that each morning,
is joyful without worries,
your new day begins.
And that you most probably
never a televised lottery,
but some new friend win.
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Wir wünschen dir im Sommer Sonnenschein,
im Winter soll es ohne Ende schnei'n,
solang du, je nach dem, wie's ist,
passend angezogen bist!
Happy Birthday!
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We wish you in the summer sunshine,
winter shall it snow with no end,
as long as you, depending on how it is,
are dressed appropriately!
Happy Birthday!
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Und dass viele Leute dich besuchen
und dir leck'res Weißbier bringen.
Ja, das wär' uns recht!
Wir hoffen, du sagst:
"Heute ist ein Tag
ganz genau, wie ich ihn mag -
Geburtstag haben ist nicht schlecht!"
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And that many people visit you
and bring you delicious wheat beer.
Yes, that would do us right!
We hope you say:
"Today is a day
exactly how I like it --
This Birthday is not bad! "
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Und dass du auch in Zukunft ganz ohne Beschwerden
Freude hast am gepflegten Älterwerden.
Also, kurz gesagt - und darum sind wir hier - :
Wir gratulieren dir!
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And that you will continue with no complaints
Joy to have kept on aging.
So, in short - and that's why we're here -:
We congratulate you!
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As the dogwood turns

As the dogwood turns,
so follows the season.
And all our aspirations
go for naught without reason.

The Swan of Tuonela

The Swan of Tuonela

You were a dream to me, I could not conceive
heighten tension sliding below
ebbing higher gently swayed as in a breeze
softly enunciating naivety

Flutter by, but don't wave
don't see me below your soaring wing
perceive your world, but not my black watery depths
awakening beyond as light permeates mist

Full and rich depths surround
as grand aura fills my sound
your lone voice observes alone
higher still - would we soar at the same height?

Yet not together
Take a bow and smile

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbiNqfZuEgY

An angel appeared one night

An angel appeared one night before my searching eyes,
As my visage cried for understanding.
She was waxen, laden with subtle raindrops,
Her aura became a purely subtle refrain,
In my thoughts and with the rain.

I could not resist a complex notion,
that meaning corresponds to the apparition,
and with that cogent recognition,
I compelled myself to gather momentum,
for a leap toward another direction.

She taught me to sing,
and sang I might,
for that night shone stars so bright,
that I could climb eternal heights.

Yours and mine, woven

Mine is the music and slumber that beget my dreams of friendship,
discovering brooks of thought woven amongst
our roads and bridges built between islands of inspiration.
Breath deep the aroma of ten thousand pink blossoms,
we are not exempt from the smile of a child in mirth.
My journey is a search for one friend who may redeem
these dreams of lyric verses like songs within my heart.

Yours is the creative spark,
the power of inspiration.
Your brainchild is a brainstorm,
deeply thought, yet an exaltation.
Quite fancy the finely flowing photo,
mixed as an impulse to spur the imagination.
A notion of a muse to awaken our arousal,
an idea I shan't be able to resist.
Enthusiasm for your eloquent composition,
with little encouragement becomes my zest and zeal.
Frequent fervent visits approach an animus,
so kindly shared your vision of elevation,
bestowed upon me.

Thank you

Ever trodden still

The path less traveled, is ever trodden still,
a skittish deer or bashful groundhog
do wander woods and mushroom laden hill,
but trolls do lay in wait,
in such a groggy state,
be wary of her future course, mere words cannot instill.

Puerile Textures

A broad swipe of the artist's brush,
along a puerile canvas no longer clean,
goading textures out of vapor,
carving beauty sight unseen

One Truly Splendid Slice of Beauty

As I was writing my 'Ode to Beauty' (it keeps changing names) I was often thinking of including another aspect of beauty I have previously omitted. I tried to keep it 'above board' for a general audience. But without including the utmost irresistibly indelibly joyful facet yet not revealed, I'm cheating everyone of the one truly splendid slice of beauty which ought not be overlooked, lest one might have not spoken of beauty at all and not done it justice. My google email server is just swimming in emails where I've touched upon this subject again and again, in subtle and coy flirtatious manners which transcend the general and target the specific feelings which gather momentum from the true meaning of that underlying radius of beauty. The radius might just encompass 360 degrees of the whole when considered. Sum up all of the aspects one might think of when considering beauty, and one might not yet have a sum total which comes close to the feelings of beauty elicited by this heretofore unmentioned expression of beauty. The countenance and bearing of the form of beauty comes from abstract feelings felt deeply yet concrete in their effect on my behaviour when I am under its spell. And the three hundred and sixty degrees of influence this infectious affect has over me is only described in two dimensions as complete, yet one has to go into three and four dimensions to fully understand the true influence it has. A circle becomes a sphere, and the sphere in time revolves around from an initial infatuation of a youngster into a full fledged powerful emotion not unlike passion described by ardent love.

So how best to articulate this characteristic of beauty? It's hard to put down in so many words. The previous paragraph simply flowed from my mind through my fingers into words almost effortlessly. But now I must pause to organize my thoughts more succinctly to provide an artful expression. What semblance of beauty is felt so deeply, and at the same time is so difficult to describe. It has two parts. One is the feeling itself; and the harder part to proclaim is the revelation divulging the condition. It is affection. Synonyms include amore, ardor, attraction, attachment, care, closeness, concern, crush, desire, devotion, emotion, endearment, feeling, fondness, friendliness, friendship, good will, hankering, heart, inclination, itch, kindness, liking, love, passion, predilection, propensity, regard, sentiment, shine, soft spot, solicitude, tenderness, warmth, weakness, yen, and zeal.

And zeal is what I've had. Enthusiastic devotion to a cause, ideal, or goal and tireless diligence in its furtherance. Yet patience with pleasant and steady happy friendly un-expectancy. Never pushing more than a subtle word and relishing only in a knowledge of mutual simpatico smiling subtleties known or unknown, yet felt deliciously.

And the whole world of first impressions stemming from this proclamation often leads the hearer to retreat from its source. Only a friendly exuberant impression is intended, yet sometimes the opposite reaction arises. But the truly nice counterpoised response is to embrace the knowledge in no more nor less a fashion as would be the response without having gained said information. Accept it in a vacuum, as one would simply have greeted a new friend, without mistrust of intentions. Giving joyous welcome with little uncertain doubt would be beautiful.

But this is the ideal. And I have been lucky enough to have seen it: once.

And so that none feel I'm the first to ever visit this subject, refer to a beautiful poem "Ode To Beauty," by Ralph Waldo Emerson, which begins:

Who gave thee, O Beauty! The keys of this breast 

What lies revealed

A fern can be a shield
if I'm ready to yield
move my arms aside
and see what lies revealed

Metronomic candor

Metronomic candor - Beethoven Symphony No. 8

Gorgeous serendipity, landed squarely on my nose
No lack of hesitation, dare rob me of my prose
Speaking speech in volume, pitched above three rows
Luck she barely knew me, and nimble on her toes

Born with trepidation, and furrows on her brow
A subtle time and mellow rhyme, and now's when I avow
Overture preamble, pioneering lead somehow
Further salutation, hello goodbye and ciao

What rapid introspection, as during tranquil lull
Was thought and then was lost upon, and glance would soon befall
Approaching gentle movement, commence and dart away
Lunge full bore, sawing bow and sweeping sooth foray

Steeped to incredulity, behind inquiring glance
Thread simple hesitation, woven as a dance
Morphing other voices, and rhythm to enhance
Stretched around my temple, unlikely as romance

Extend seesaw return chutzpa
Winding up reverb
Unleash what's raw and look voila
Adoration cannot curb

Start again, reprise and yet, consider slower still
Metronomic candor, ascending toward yon hill
Drowning with your grandeur, grasping for a thrill
Bass and sound revolve around, strings they do instill

Impetuous dampened softness, rich with full contour
Sweet and slender tremor, ascend with bass once more
Burst horns upon my consciousness, alert to hear the score
Prepare one heart for apex, last passion to endure

Revolve

Your were well within my sensory jungle,
but no orbit could revolve my subtle influence,
without hyperbolic prelude I could bungle,
or sympathetic cogence yielding confluence.

A big blue marble and orange globule held together
without reason or without rhyme,
a weaker force within a greater capacity
describes attraction under ordinary time.

But my whole world held together with a tether
immersed succinctly under firmament,
ample planets circle round my tender mind
creating stratum and arching supercillium.

Yes my zone is within reach of her stomping ground,
my compass points directly to gentle province,
dominion pulling through the level field,
my pale brown eyes adhere a course aligned

Realm rank and scope subside with footsteps fell
before my meandering path around
each rondo falls like an apple
under force of function on the ground

And now the anxious approach
do I dare
I've lost my sphere of introspection
how will I fare?

Happy New Year Bokeh

The world of picture makers celebrate with bokeh
What better medium which with to play
dancing lights radiate the suns rays
reflecting back to my eyes and lens in rainbow colours
A sip of wine a cup of brew
celebrate fine for this year new!

juxtaposed within glowing amber curves

juxtaposed within glowing amber curves
her supple forms waved before my eyes
softly flowing current of the brook
darkening shade provoking dreadful sighs

sunlight shone twice madly upon my scene
she was subtle if unseen
thus she stole my task of racing green
transfixed now I between

my chore before
would suffice no more
it now became thus necessary
to sample sudden sight galore
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5KRqc7Hud4
Pizzicato Polka