“The light its only purpose and only at night, but still this small, tall structure, is so much more“ Gun Roswell Standing small or tall?The light of it never failing Even if at daylight there is really no telling It’s a simple construct made out of concrete Something of an eye sore perhaps But once the day is over and night falls Time around everyone starts slowly to stall This structure…
“Solemn, alone, in the middle of nowhere it glows, in the deepest of darkness, while in the daylight, a mere shadow remains“ Gun Roswell Stand alone For the safety of others, it never bothers to ask the why Why it is standing there all alone Alone in the day, alone in the middle of the night The night so dark it will be the only light Light for those looking for their very path Path never…
Down along the long pier
“On the look out for some lighthouses, along the seaside, on the tall piers“ Gun Roswell Down along the long pier The hunt has begun, something don, just for the heck of it or shear fun, as searching for the perfect spot along the long and winding pier, until something interesting I am able to see. A construct of a sorts, tall or even a short, with a fancy light up on its very top, a guiding…
“Life, in a lighthouse, can be, mostly, a louse, but only, if you let it” Gun Roswell
The lighthouse keeper
The dreary lighthouse, with its grumpy kind of keeper, solemn and all alone The only function, for this, keeper, is to make sure, the blinking lights are on Climbing, each and every single night, up the tall stairs, in a blight As keeping on, the ever-shining beacon, is an ongoing…
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“Which is probably the reason why I work exclusively in black and white… to highlight that contrast.” – Leonard Nimoy
Day 6
A tall tower and its smaller twin Living, side by side, On an island, made from winds
With the blue ocean wide And the land around them thin No hiding, from the high tide
But together they survive For they are kind And…
Posted in Travel and World Wide Wednesday: Travel Log, Photography, Poetry
Lighthouses for World Wide Wednesday
“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page” Saint Augustine
Evia, Greece (2)
Lighthouses The white houses Saving lives Oh, so many times
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Lighthouses for World Wide Wednesday
“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page” Saint Augustine
Evia, Greece
By the blue sea and mountains On the islands of thousands Saving your spouses The light bringing houses
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Lighthouses for World Wide Wednesday
“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page” Saint Augustine
Söderskär, Finland
Standing tall and proud In the windy surroundings loud Sometimes lonely Sometimes with a crowd Sometimes under the blue skies Sometimes under the clouds
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Posted in Photography 101: Scale & Observation (Day Fourteen)
We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view” Mao Tse-Tung
Dave and Goliath
Lighthouses, Evia, Greece
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Posted in Fav Foto Friday Photography and Poetry
“My favourite thing to do on this planet is to scuba dive” Buzz Aldrin
Favourite Photo Friday 2015 Photo Breakdown (2016-01-08), Lighthouses
Two lighthouses for this post; One from the island of Evia, Greece. The other one from the Finnish southern most archipelago, the Söderskär Lighthouse.
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