Lately Lily

murray robertson Uncategorized September 1, 2022September 1, 2022 1 Minute

Lately Lily

admired far and wide
not all that long ago

said to be a beauty
before she faded so


not like they disappear
or anything like that

(are people like that too
we may have to wonder)


that once we mature
our colours fade

sad visible decay
fading our colours
making us invisible

we know we're more
than that (or hope so)


petals begin to rot
before they fall

dry up when they fade
losing extravagant colour

vestigial beauty remains
a ghost of our former beauty
while inwardly we grow
some other kind of beauty

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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 too.) I use Photoshop cc and Lightroom cc. The result is not always what I saw, sometimes more 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. I have shared poems on the internet, to an audience with more than 150 million views and I'm considering making a selection of poems, in a book or books. View all posts by murray robertson

Published September 1, 2022September 1, 2022

4 thoughts on “Lately Lily”

arlenecorwin says:

October 9, 2022 at 8:48 pm

I was commenting on your warm poem abut the Lily. but as I reread it, perhaps I was simply ‘identifying’ with some parts of it. Hence the “I hope that’s me”.

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1. murray robertson says:
  
  October 9, 2022 at 9:53 pm
  
  Thank you Arlene!
  Reading poetry is good exercise, for our empathy and imaginations. Sometimes we can put ourselves right into the poem. Works for novels too, sometimes.
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  1. arlenecorwin says:
    
    October 10, 2022 at 12:26 pm
    
    That ‘putting ourselves’ is, I would imagine, actually the bottom line of any author. I’m so-o happy when it happens to one of my readers and when it happens to me. a life can be changed.
    
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  2. murray robertson says:
    
    October 11, 2022 at 6:01 am
    
    Thannk you Arlene!
    
    Sharing our ideas and information, is what language is for. I have to tell that to a family three year old.
    His language skills and thought processes are surprising.
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