black is white,
they want
to tell me.
i won't make
that mistake
really soon.
but they count
on me and you,
to believe
the nonsense
that they spew.
angry at us
when we won't
swallow all
the muck,
in which
they wallow.
i might like
a soapbox too,
to stand on
and shout out
what's true.
black is black
and white
is white,
may they
always meet!
wrong is wrong;
right is right,
we must be careful.
darkness may
swallow
up the light.
when we see
the shadows
coming close,
shout danger,
danger, danger!
push those
shadows back
to dusty corners
in evil minds.
I make photos to make myself feel good; I share in hope of making you feel good. I do as much as I can in the camera, but it does not always end there.
Part of making an image in the 21st century is processing a captured image in the computer. This is like dodging and burning in the darkroom of yesterday. (I've done that.)
I use Photoshop cc and Lightroom cc. The result is not always what I saw, maybe what I wish I saw. Sometimes, the resulting image is a creation more than a recording. Most of the time, I keep it believable and realistic.
I have a Bachelor's degree in Creative Writing and my family has had writers in the family tree. My dad loved to tell stories. But I don't think that he made them up.
I have shared thousands of my poems on the internet, to a considerable audience and I'm considering making a selection of them, in a book or books.
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6 thoughts on “October Thistle”
To me, nothing is more beautiful than the truth! No lies ever told can compare! ❤ Lovely poem on a timely subject.
Murray Robertson (photography & poems) 
To me, nothing is more beautiful than the truth! No lies ever told can compare! ❤ Lovely poem on a timely subject.
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Thank you Cheryl!
A little quiet truth, instead of the loud roaring of liars who shout louder to emphasise their belief in their own lies?
:-0
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A great black and white photograph accompanying a beautiful poem😊
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Thank you for the kind words d.a.!
🙂
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It’s a pleasure
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🙂
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