“Beneath me flows the Rhine,
and, like the stream of Time,
it flows amid the ruins of the Past.”
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ~
Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of the Rhine taken in February 2016.
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Posts Tagged With: Rhine River
LORELEI’S GHOST
BEAUTIFUL LIES YOU CAN LIVE IN
“Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose”
~ Gertrude Stein ~
Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in Paris in May 2018.
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Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Aegean, Aroma, Beauty, Fragrance, Lies, Lorelei, Paris, Photography, Poetry, Rhine River, Roses, Sirens, Songs, Voices
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PATIENTLY IN PLACE
“The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.”
~ Moliere ~
Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in March 2018.
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Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Digital Imagery, Embrace, Emotions, Godot, Moon, Passion, Patience, Photography, Poetry, Rain, Rhine River, Sun, Waiting, Wind
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A WINDY DAY
“The wind shows us how close to the edge we are.“
~ Joan Didion ~
Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken on the Rhine River in January 2018.
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Categories: Perspective, Photography, Poetry
Tags: Clean Start, Clutter, Digital Imagery, Gusts, Litter, New Year, Oblivion, Old Year, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Rhine River, River, Rubble, Whitecaps, Wind
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DARK SHADOWS
“Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.”
~ Carl Sandburg ~
Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken along the Rhine River in November 1980.
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Categories: Perspective, Photography, Poetry
Tags: Digital Imagery, Exile, Germany, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Rhine River, Shadows
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SOLITAIRE
“Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself.”
~ Franz Kafka ~
Original photo taken on the Rhine River in September 2016.
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Categories: Perspective, Photography, Poetry
Tags: Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Rhine River, Solitaire, Solitude
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LORELEI
“Every man needs his Siren
To check his courage and strength
When he hears her song
In his travels through the unknown.”
~ Dejan Stojanovic ~
Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of the Lorelei taken in Germany in July 1982.
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Categories: History, Literature, Perspective, Photography, Poetry
Tags: Digital Imagery, Germany, History, Literature, Lorelei, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Rhine River, Sirens
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RHEIN
“The air grows cool and darkles,
The Rhine flows calmly on;
The mountain summit sparkles
In the light of the setting sun.”
~ Heinrich Heine ~
Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken on the Rhine River near Wiesbaden, Germany in November 1981.
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Categories: Haikus, Perspective, Photography, Poetry
Tags: Digital Imagery, Germany, Haikus, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Rhine River, Sunset
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DELIRIUM
“I pause to record that I feel in extraordinary form. Delirium perhaps.”
~ Samuel Beckett ~
Digitally enhanced detail from a photo taken on the Rhine River in February 2016.
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Categories: Perspective, Photography, Poetry
Tags: Delirium, Digital Imagery, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Rhine River
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EMPTY SHELLS
“In an instant all will vanish and we’ll be alone once more, in the midst of nothingness.”
~ Samuel Beckett ~
Digitally enhanced detail of photo taken along the Rhine River in February 2016.
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Categories: Perspective, Photography, Poetry
Tags: Digital Imagery, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Rhine River, Shells
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