Poetry of the Earth

The poetry of the earth is never dead

–John Keats

Newburgh Lake, Michigan

Poetry in Prose

Always be a poet, even in prose.

Charles Baudelaire

You may happen upon poetry in the sound of a brook rushing over rocks on a summer afternoon.

Photo Challenge: Autumn’s Transient Music

Those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane
by those who could not hear the music.
–Friedrich Nietzsche

The crimsons of  autumn are but a transient visitor, too soon faded and eclipsed by winter’s shadow.

Photo Challenge:  Transient  

 

Photo Challenge: Summer’s Lease Has Too Short a Date

 

And summer’s lease hath too short a date.
Shakespeare, Sonnet 18

Today we have the longest sunlight of the year, but the seasons are transient–and green must sometime give way to gold.

Photo Challenge:  Transient  

 

Autumn arrives at Newburgh Lake, Michigan

Daisy’s Gentle Reminder to Savor the Longest Day

Do you always wait for the longest day of the year and then miss it?

—Daisy Buchanan, Great Gatsby

The summer solstice arrives in the eastern time zone of the U.S. shortly after midnight.  In Detroit, that will mean  about 15 hours and 17 minutes  of daylight.   Enjoy the light.

Savor the Longest Day of the Year

Photo Challenge, Focus: The Chorus of Merriment

The earth laughs in flowers.
–Ralph Waldo Emerson

Although in this instance it seems that the rushing brook in the soft focus background is joining in the merriment.

Photo Challenge:  Focus  

 

Photo Challenge, Focus: Curiosity Trumps Flight

 

Usually, a deer is a blur running away from you, a fleeting flicker disappearing into the woods.  But, fortunately, this doe’s curiosity stilled her urge to bolt,  and for a moment she stood out amidst the soft focus created by  dappled light.  Good fortune is the photographer’s best friend.

 

Photo Challenge:  Focus 

Kensington Park, Michigan