photo taken August 2009 • title thanks to Karen
one year ago: Easy Summer Afternoon
two years ago: Still Life With Bone
Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery hand in hand,
For the world’s more full of weeping than you can understand.
I’ve mentioned it before and must say it again today ~ quote Yeats, and you’ve got me; he speaks to my every cell. And the full “chorus” from the poem quoted by Karen… well, I’ve copied it above; they were perfect words for my yesterday.
Also perfect for my yesterday: getting to read all the entries and poems (go read them in the comment section!) left by all of you.
They were Lovely, Dark and Deep; proving that we all See A World In A Grain Of Sand when we decide to; that freedom is knowing that Time goes one way – I go another; and that sometimes, even a handsome coyote is subject to Pillow Pelt In The Morning.
• • • This photograph is a bit more somber than the usual caption photos ~ we know the punners are at the top of their game, this week is for the poets.
Please leave your title, caption, or Charlie-commentary in the comment section of this post and you will instantly be in the running for a signed copy of my book, now in paperback! Woo me with your words.
December 8th, 2009 at 10:41 am
I don’t know if I should stay, or go away.
December 8th, 2009 at 11:00 am
are you coming or not
left paw in…
paw it forward
I’ll be back…
December 8th, 2009 at 11:09 am
Hmmm. Charlie is awfully serious in this one. How about:
Past and future in one glance.
The Once and Future Coyote facing a once and future world.
Coyote was. Coyote is. Coyote will always be.
A light-hearted soul in heavy thought.
December 8th, 2009 at 11:11 am
A pensive paws
Looking but never turning back
Looking back with one eye, forward with the other
Gentle gaze
December 8th, 2009 at 11:26 am
He Sees
December 8th, 2009 at 11:42 am
To those who are not free….
My mind
you will never know.
December 9th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
love the way it poses
A smile from SJ =)
December 11th, 2009 at 12:10 am
Charlie’s big ol’ ears always crack me up, even when he’s doing his most serious Bobby DeNiro “…you talking to me..?” impression. nyuk-nyuk.
December 11th, 2009 at 2:51 am
Dear Shreve,
I am the national Library Examiner for Examiner.com. I write articles that are more like reviews than essays, but for lack of a better verb, I’ll say that I’m going to “review” your book before the end of the month. While at Tattered Cover in Colorado, I selected it as a gift for my daughter who spent a week working in Ten Sleep this past summer. I also chose it because of the warmth and beauty of the photos and the clarity of your writing. Please give Charlie some tummy scratches for me.
December 11th, 2009 at 2:57 am
Oops, I meant to say that my articles are more like essays than reviews. But it’s late at night, and it’s been a long day.
Here is a quote that I deeply love and which I always consider during tough times. It was written by a wise person named Patrick Miles Overton and is titled “Faith.” Overton says, “When we walk to the edge of all the light we have and take that step into the darkness of the unknown, we must believe that one of two things will happen: There will be something solid for us to stand on. Or, we will be taught how to fly.”
December 13th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
“When Freedom is outlawed, only outlaws will be Free.” Abbie Hoffman