can’t see the forest for the irony

 

“It’s an artist’s right to rebel against the world’s stupidity.”

 

~ E. A. Bucchianeri

 

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skeletons

 

“Winter giveth the fields, and the trees so old,

Their beards of icicles and snow…”

 

~ Charles duc d’Orléans ~

 

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when the owls awaken

 

“I dream my painting and I paint my dream.”

 

~ Vincent van Gogh ~

 

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might have made a difference

 

“When the last tree is cut, the last fish is caught,

and the last river is polluted; when to breathe

the air is sickening, you will realize, too late,

that wealth is not in bank accounts and that

you can’t eat money.”

 

~ Alanis Obomsawin ~

 

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CINDERELLA

 

“The only sound that’s left after the ambulances go

is Cinderella sweeping up on Desolation Row.”

 

~ Bob Dylan ~

 

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SOLITUDE

 

“The snow doesn’t give a soft white damn whom it touches.”

 

 

~ e. e. cummings ~

 

 

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RUTHSONG

 

“i wrote this when i was twenty-one for a very talented

lovely lady cellist who graced my life briefly…”

 

~ erik geoffrey barth a.k.a. nightpoet ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a July 2020 scan of a card made 48 years ago by Ruth.

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BLACK BILE

 

“The taste of your life depends on the spices you used to brew it.”

 

~ Israelmore Ayivor ~

 

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CAN’T SEE THE FOREST FOR THE IRONY

 

“It’s an artist’s right to rebel against the world’s stupidity.”

 

~ E. A. Bucchianeri ~

 

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CAW YOUR RASPY POETRY

 

“The raven spread out its glossy wings and departed like hope.”

 

~ Cecilia Dart-Thornton ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in Bayern (Bavaria), Germany in September 2016.

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A TREE OF STONE

 

“To greet each day ossified;

Like fossil remains forgotten beneath

the feet of something more lively.”

 

~ Taylor Patton ~

 

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PORCINI

 

“If only one could tell true love from false love

as one can tell mushrooms from toadstools.”

 

~ Katherine Mansfield ~

 

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SKELETONS

 

“Winter giveth the fields, and the trees so old,
Their beards of icicles and snow…”

~ Charles duc d’Orléans ~

 

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MIGHT HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE

 

“When the last tree is cut,

the last fish is caught,

and the last river is polluted;

when to breathe the air is sickening,

you will realize, too late,

that wealth is not in bank accounts

and that you can’t eat money.”

 

~ Alanis Obomsawin ~

1972

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in La Gomera in November 1991.

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A PATH REMEMBERED

 

“Come to the woods, for here is rest.

There is no repose like that of the green deep woods.

Sleep in forgetfulness of all ill.”

 

~ John Muir ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in the Taunus Mountains, Germany in May 1983.

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