I am currently taking a pause from reading Walt Whitman's incredibly long "Song of Myself." I have never read "Song of Myself" in its entirety, so when the assignment was given for a class to read the 1855 version, I welcomed the challenge. But oh Whitman! It is a challenge indeed! For now I rest my weary mind and direct my attention to another love of mine: the world behind the lense of camera. Recently, I have discovered the joys of the closeup function of my camera. Enjoy these pictures. Or not, I suppose. These photos are all the work of Valerie Owens. Please do not copy without permission.
And to give this the guise of being poetry related, I will intermingle quotes with pictures.
"Seeing hearing and feeling are miracles." ~ Walt Whitman, 1855 version of "Song of Myself"
"I am waylaid by Beauty [...] Oh, savage Beauty, suffer me to pass." ~ Edna St. Vincent Millay, "Assault"
"Oh World! I cannot hold thee close enough!" ~ Edna St. Vincent Millay, "God's World"
"Life is a series of thousands of tiny miracles." ~ Mike Greenberg
1 comment:
Valerie, these are great!
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