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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the performance

 

“Just know your lines and don’t bump into the furniture.”

 

~ Noel Coward ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in January 2021.

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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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THE MISFIRED BOWL

 

“My thoughts are whirled like a potter’s wheel;

I know not where I am nor what I do.”

 

~ William Shakespeare ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of an antique bowl taken in July 2016.

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THE PERFORMANCE

 

“Just know your lines and don’t bump into the furniture.”

 

~ Noel Coward ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in January 2021.

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VENUS EXPOSED

 

“Venus smiles not in a house of tears.”

 

~ William Shakespeare ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original scanned 35mm slide taken in late 1998. From the author’s private archives.

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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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THE MISFIRED BOWL

 

“My thoughts are whirled like a potter’s wheel;

I know not where I am nor what I do.”

 

~ William Shakespeare ~

 

Photo of an antique bowl taken in July 2016.

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