“Knowledge is a deadly friend if no one sets the rules…”
~ Peter Sinfield ~
Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in June 2021.
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Posts Tagged With: Compassion
SLEEPLESS NIGHTS BETWEEN
Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Cesspool, Compassion, Death, Digital Imagery, Dreams, Fairness, Greed, Justice, Nights, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Sadness, Safety, Scales, Shadow, Slaughter, Whisper, Wind
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TELL ME
“Hatred is something peculiar.
You will always find it strongest and most violent
where there is the lowest degree of culture.”
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ~
Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of street art taken in Paris in May 2019.
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Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Bigotry, Christianity, Compassion, Contrived, Darkness, Death, Digital Imagery, Dunning-Kruger, Empathy, Fascist, Gays, Guns, Hate, Honesty, Hunger, Immigrants, Intelligence, Libido, Lust, Mentality, Minorities, Night, Paris, Passion, Penis, Perspective, Perversion, Phony Patriotism, Photography, Pillow, Pistol, Poetry, Posturing, Premature Ejaculation, Pussy, Self-Aggrandizement, Shadows, Sleep, Violence, Wet Dreams
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AS WE ONCE KNEW IT
“As beings, we should not strive to change the world but change ourselves.
For if we change ourselves all things are possible.”
~ Henry Johnson Jr. ~
Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in Rethymno on the Island of Crete in 1992.
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Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Change, Clouds, Compassion, Darkness, Death, Digital Imagery, Fear, Fools, Future, Horizon, Ignorance, Innocent, Life, Memories, Morning, Normal, Optimistic, Past, Photography, Poetry, Survival, Time, Uncertainty, World
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ADVICE FOR TROUBLED TIMES
“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that
within me there lay an invincible summer.”
~ Albert Camus ~
Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in Paris in May 2011.
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Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Affectionate, Aware, Caring, Charitable, Comforting, Compassion, Concerned, Consideration, Digital Imagery, Empathetic, Giving, Good Natured, Gracious, Heart, Helpful, Kindness, Life, Love, Loving, Paris, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Sensitive, Sympathetic, Understanding, Warm-Hearted
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IN AN INSTANT
“The universe is bringing our dreams to life, but unfortunately,
it is also bringing our nightmares that little bit closer as well.”
~ Anthony T. Hincks ~
Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in Paris in May 2018.
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Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Awareness, Bone Dust, Charnel House, Circumstances, Compassion, Darkness, Death, Digital Imagery, Dreams, Hopes, Instant, Life, Norms, Nothingness, Past, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Potential, Promise, Roles, Sentience, Shadows, Smoke, Tinder
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WOMAN
“You had the power all along my dear.”
~ Glinda the Good Witch (The Wizard of Oz ~ L. Frank Baum) ~
Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in Paris in May 2019.
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Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Acumen, Affection, Ardour, Beauty, Cold, Compassion, Creativity, Digital Imagery, Drab, Emotions, Empathetic, Equals, Fair, Future, Gray, Heart, Hope, Imagination, Intelligence, Intuition, Just, Life, Love, Men, Paris, Passion, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Promise, Reason, Sensitivity, Sex, Sexuality, Sin, Sincerity, Subjugation, Violence, Woman, Women
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THE BARD’S MISTRESS
“This momentary joy breeds months of pain;
this hot desire converts to cold disdain.”
~ William Shakespeare ~
Digitally enhanced image created in February 2020.
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Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Bard, Bitch, Canker, Carcass, Civility, Compassion, Considerate, Darkness, Digital Imagery, Dignity, Emotions, Fetid, Heart, Kind Hearted, Life, Love, Mistress, Passion, Photography, Poetry, Putrid, Rancor, Second Best Bed, Sex, Shadows, Shakespeare, Soul, Stairs, Stratford, Street, Warts, Witch
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WAG THE DOG
“Any man can make mistakes,
but only an idiot persists in his error.”
~Marcus Tullius Cicero ~
Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of a Neolithic dog burial taken in February 1988.
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Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Ass, Awareness, Bimbo, Bitch, Compassion, Comprehension, Consequences, Corruption, Cult, Death, Depravity, Digital Imagery, Distraction, Empathy, Fascist Pig, Filth, Future, Hatred, History, Ignorance, Immorality, Intelligence, Photography, Pig, Poetry, Politics, Racism, Sense, Silicone, Teeny Weenie, Tiny Hands, Understanding, Worshipers
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VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
“Women should be angry about the violence and fear
that inform so much of our lives.
So should men.”
~ Soraya Chemaly ~
Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of the statue Le Matin, sculpted by Pryas, taken in Paris in August 2015.
© 2019 nightpoet all rights reserved
Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Awareness, Caring, Chauvinism, Compassion, Digital Imagery, Domestic Violence, Life, Love, Murder, Paris, Photography, Poetry, Rape, Sexism, Sexual Assault, Violence Against Women
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A DEAD ROSE
“Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
old Time is still a-flying:
and this same flower that smiles to-day,
to-morrow will be dying.”
~ Robert Herrick ~
Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in November 2019.
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Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Belief, Compassion, Darkness, Death, Digital Imagery, Emotions, Favour, Forgiveness, Friendship, Hate, Kindness, Life, Love, Memories, Passion, Past, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Resentment, Rose, Shadows, Time, Truth
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LA MALÉDICTION
“Earth has its boundaries, but human stupidity is limitless.”
~ Gustave Flaubert ~
Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of a World War II bullet dredged out of the Rhine River taken in May 1981.
© 2019 nightpoet all rights reserved
Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Barbarians, Civilised, Compassion, Creation, Cultured, Cursed, Darkness, Death, Digital Imagery, Environment, Experiment, Future, History, Humans, Kindness, Life, Mayhem, Murder, Past, Photography, Poetry, Stars, Time, Violence
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RISE UP SISTERS
“Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.”
~ Socrates ~
Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of street art taken in Paris in June 2019.
© 2019 nightpoet all rights reserved
Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Balance, Compassion, Digital Imagery, Emotions, Feminism, Intuition, Life, Men, Motivation, Paris, Photography, Poetry, Power, Sisters, Understanding, Women
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GREEN EARRING
“The shell must break before the bird can fly.”
~ Alfred Lord Tennyson ~
Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in Paris in June 2019.
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Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Beauty, Breasts, Compassion, Digital Imagery, Earring, Emotions, Erotica, Heart, Life, Love, Paris, Photography, Poetry, Sensitivity, Sex, Shyness, Sign, Signal, Warmth, Yearning
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HOW MANY HANDS
“Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.”
~ Charles Spurgeon ~
Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in Paris in June 2019.
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Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Ardour, Compassion, Darkness, Death, Digital Imagery, Door, Doorknob, Emotions, Forbearance, Grace, Hands, Heart, Hope, Key, Life, Love, Memories, Old, Paris, Passion, Past, Photography, Poetry, Portal, Promise, Sensuous, Shadows, Sin, Tattered, Time, Torn, Understanding, Weathered, Worn
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HAMSTER WHEEL
“They said, congratulations you got what it takes.
They sent him back to the rat race without any brakes.”
~ Bob Dylan ~
Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of street art by Kai taken in Paris in June 2019.
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Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Awareness, Circles, Compassion, Creativity, Death, Digital Imagery, Gears, Hamster Wheel, Human, Life, Money, Morality, Paris, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Poverty, Profit, Prosperity, Rat Race, Street Art, The Running Man, Time, Wheels
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THE STAIRCASE
“Friendship is like a rainbow between two hearts.”
~ Anonymous ~
Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in the Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris in May 2018.
© 2019 nightpoet all rights reserved
Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Compassion, Empathy, Friends, Friendship, Hands, Heart, Human Species, Interaction, Life, Love, Misanthrope, Paris, Photography, Poetry, Soul, Staircase, Time, Understanding
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CES VIEILLES MAINS
“Last night I woke up with someone squeezing my hand.
It was my other hand.”
~ William S. Burroughs ~
Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in March 2019.
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Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Compassion, Death, Digital Imagery, Fate, Goodbyes, Grasp, Hands, Jungles, Kindness, Memories, Nothingness, Oblivion, Palms, Passion, Paths, Perspective, Photography, Promise, Scarred, Thorns, Time, Worn, Wrinkles
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BE WE
“There is no darkness but ignorance.”
~ William Shakespeare ~
Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in the early 1980’s.
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Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Air, Children, Clown, Compassion, Darkness, Death, Digital Imagery, Food, Fools, Future, Ignorance, Knowledge, Lies, Life, Merit, Morals, Photography, Poetry, Poison, Shills, Skills, Wisdom
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EIGHT HEARTS
“My heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill.”
~ William Sharp ~
Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of street art taken in Paris in June 2018.
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Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Affection, Awareness, Beauty, Compassion, Digital Imagery, Empathy, Friendship, Heart, Honesty, Intellect, Life, Love, Paris, Passion, Photography, Poetry, Street Art, Warmth, Wisdom
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PORTRAIT IN THE COLOUR OF MODESTY
“So rare is the union of beauty with modesty.”
~ Juvenal ~
Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in October 2018.
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Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Ardour, Beauty, Breasts, Charms, Compassion, Comprehension, Desire, Digital Imagery, Emotions, Enigma, Eyes, Heart, Hunger, Life, Love, Modesty, Mouth, Mystery, Nipple, Painting, Passion, Photography, Pleasure, Poetry, Shadows, Smile, Understanding
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