singer of silloliquies

 

“Damn the rules, it’s the feeling that counts.”

 

~ John Coltrane ~

 

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words like clay

 

“I prefer the absurdity of writing poems

to the absurdity of not writing poems.”

 

~ Wisława Szymborska ~

 

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too tired to try

 

“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter.

   Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.”

 

~ Samuel Beckett ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of sandstone quartzite taken in Paris in May 2018.

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trees talk

 

“Trees are poems that earth writes upon the sky,

We fell them down and turn them into paper,

That we may record our emptiness.”

 

~ Kahlil Gibran ~

 

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l’ êmoi passé

 

“The future is just a dream, the past but a memory.

There is only ever now and it never lasts…”

 

~ nightpoet ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of street art by Miss.Tic taken on the Rue Broca in Paris in May 2015.

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taste alone

 

“I would rather die with the taste of you on my tongue

than live and never touch you again.”

 

~ Michelle Hodkin ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an analog photo taken in May 1986.

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WORDS LIKE CLAY

 

“I prefer the absurdity of writing poems

to the absurdity of not writing poems.”

 

~ Wisława Szymborska ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of a newly excavated 1800 year old Roman burial urn taken in July 1987.

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SING

 

“Singing, it’s like it’s like loving somebody,

it’s a supreme emotional and physical experience.”

 

~ Janis Joplin ~

 

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FOOTPRINTS

 

“I am frightened at seeing all the footprints

directed towards thy den, and none returning.”

 

~ Horace ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of dinosaur footprints taken in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris in May 2014.

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ELECTRIC ECLECTIC

 

“Mysterious affair, electricity.”

 

~ Samuel Beckett ~

 

Digitally enhanced solarized image created from a photo taken in April 2021.

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THE TERPSICHORE OF TENDERNESS

 

“Tenderness is the rest of passion.”

 

~ Joseph Joubert ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of a sculpture by Mlle M. Rellew taken in February 2021.

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TOO TIRED TO TRY

 

“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter.

Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.”

 

~ Samuel Beckett ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of sandstone quartzite taken in Paris in May 2018.

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OCCUPIED

 

“Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.”

 

~ Wallace Stevens ~

 

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VIRGIN ON THE RIDICULOUS

 

 

“There is always something ridiculous

about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.”

 

~ Oscar Wilde ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of a sculpture by Antoine Bourdelle taken in Paris in May 2012.

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WORDS LIKE CLAY

 

“I prefer the absurdity of writing poems

to the absurdity of not writing poems.”

 

~ Wisława Szymborska ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of a Roman burial urn taken in Mainz, Germany in July 1987.

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WOODEN HEART

 

“A heavy heart bears not a nimble tongue.”

 

~ William Shakespeare ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of a piece of preserved wood from a tree that was felled in the year 30 C.E., taken in October 2018.

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PARIS: PLEASURES, PASSIONS AND PERAMBULATIONS – FIVE

 

“Creativity can be described as letting go of certainties.”

 

~ Gail Sheehy ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in Paris in May 2018.

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A COMFORTABLE FIT

 

“Cancel my subscription to the resurrection…”

 

~ Jim Morrison ~

 

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OLD DEAD DOG

 

“One does not just excavate

buried objects or situations,

the true archaeologist also excavates

long lost feelings and emotions.”

 

~ nightpoet ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in March 2018.

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TREES TALK

 

“Trees are poems that earth writes upon the sky,

We fell them down and turn them into paper,

That we may record our emptiness.”

 

~ Kahlil Gibran ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of a dendrochronological sample of a tree felled in the year 30 AD, taken in March 2018.

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