Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Twig by Twig

Twig

Ok, I guess "twig" might not be the best word for the subject of my photograph. Or maybe it is. But I chose it because it reminds me of this beautiful poem:

Ars Poetica

by Archibald MacLeish

A poem should be palpable and mute
As a globed fruit,

Dumb
As old medallions to the thumb,

Silent as the sleeve-worn stone
Of casement ledges where the moss has grown—

A poem should be wordless
As the flight of birds.

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A poem should be motionless in time
As the moon climbs,

Leaving, as the moon releases
Twig by twig the night-entangled trees,

Leaving, as the moon behind the winter leaves,
Memory by memory the mind—

A poem should be motionless in time
As the moon climbs.

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A poem should be equal to:
Not true.

For all the history of grief
An empty doorway and a maple leaf.

For love
The leaning grasses and two lights above the sea—

A poem should not mean
But be.

9 comments:

  1. mmm :) beautiful poem!!
    and your photographs are so pretty and so soothing!!! glad you're already making so much use of your new camera!!! mine has been collecting dust as of recently :(
    post more photographs :) :) keke, please?

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  2. thanks rebecca! :D yeah i have tons and tons of photos to sort through/process/post, but it takes time and i am kind of lazy XD
    but worry not, i have lots more photos coming for sure! :)

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  3. I love this photo too, are you organizing your photos for future publication?

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  4. nooo.... i just started this blog as a way to show off my pictures XD
    well, more like a way to organize stuff i like and express my thoughts. a portfolio of sorts. what do you mean by publication? i really don't think i'd ever publish these photos in a book or anything. unless it's a present (like diane's photobook) or just for myself

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  5. thanks rebecca! :D yeah i have tons and tons of photos to sort through/process/post, but it takes time and i am kind of lazy XD
    but worry not, i have lots more photos coming for sure! :)

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  6. I really enjoy reading your blog!
    Don’t stay up too late though?

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  7. haha thanks daddy. yeah i know i should sleep earlier… XD

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  8. I love this photo too, are you organizing your photos for future publication?

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  9. nooo…. i just started this blog as a way to show off my pictures XD
    well, more like a way to organize stuff i like and express my thoughts. a portfolio of sorts. what do you mean by publication? i really don’t think i’d ever publish these photos in a book or anything. unless it’s a present (like diane’s photobook) or just for myself

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