Standing on a Cliff a boundary against oblivion blue pulls me away from the gold of your heart. Standing on a Ledge time opens like earthquake a chasm to infinity seconds away from your heart. Standing on the Edge the earth disintegrates beneath me bedrock turns to sand clinging, falling away from your heart. In…
A Changing Shield
I stand upon a shield – worn – hard My Canadian skin – pink – alive Lying beneath the sun – radiating – warm Picnics countertop – shining – smoothed By glacial time – frozen – cracked Fissures map the mantle – quartz – mirrors Catching autumn light – colours – captive Rose rock rolls…
Our World’s Slow Change
We walk the trails side by side Smell the moisture slip from leaves Our love grows strong hand in hand. The light dips behind the trees A steely equinox catches the sun Turns the season upon the earth. Veins pull blood from extremities Suck it back into the trunks Life girds itself for winter’s bite….
Frosted Green
Kissed with summer dust Cast jade leaves with silver tears Frosted sparkle pristine. All text and images © Dale Schierbeck See more of others’ submissions to the Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge on “Monochromatic.” More photos from EatsWritesShoots here.
Creepy? … What Do You See?
What do you see? In a form etched in black and white Crooked and hooked Gristled knuckles bent Leathered skin taut with arthritis Prized foot of a cock fighter …. ~ Or simply the gnarled branch of a misshapen pine hungry to survive? Creepy? Or just the magic of nature the defies our greatest imagination?…
A Study in Seaweed
Sea flowers caught on land Woven tendrils drink the sun Colours sweep the sand. All text and images © Dale Schierbeck More photos from EatsWritesShoots here.
Taking Flight …
With a breath You free me from my soul I am the wind And all I feel is your embrace. All text and images © Dale Schierbeck More photos from EatsWritesShoots here.
Broken Earth ~ Perspective in Focus
The one of the things that I love most about photography is that it grounds me in the moment and gives me pause …. In that space, there is a possibility to see the world and see it different: in this case, the earth itself. I don’t think I’m particularly remarkable because I took a…
Vividly Blue
There are few colours that capture the human condition’s imagination quite like blue. The colour of the sky, it is heaven where it lands upon the eye. Sapphire in a kiss, the Mediterranean waters I always miss. Yet blue is a colour that Mother nature reserves for few and rare it is to discover it…
A Force of Nature
I erupt with strength through hard ground Through sidewalks and walls I abound I dirty knees and nails that try to resist Innocent, I yellow cheeks with a lemon kiss Fill the sky with chutes of gossamer Spread my seeds and choke life everywhere But I am sunshine painted on petal’s hue Each one a…