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 7th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
Je ne regret rien…
December 7th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
Cautiously Guarding His Heart
December 7th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
Wanderlust
December 7th, 2009 at 10:22 pm
‘Browbeater’
December 7th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
Checking for the entourage
December 7th, 2009 at 10:33 pm
Beloved, gaze in thine own heart. (Yeats – The Two Trees)
December 7th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
Hey, Chloe’s napping. Time to dig up that bone she buried over there!
December 7th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
A Penny for his Thoughts….
December 7th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
Looking back, I regret nothing
December 7th, 2009 at 10:55 pm
Like John Barrymore, Charlie favors his left profile.
December 7th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
Not sure if this has been stated, but here we go….
This cracked me up! Reminds me a little of that Ben Stiller movie “Zoolander” so here are some of my suggests:
Have you ever wondered if there was more to life, other than being really, really, ridiculously good looking?
OR
Charlie – The Really, Really, Ridiculously Good Looking Coyote
OR
Really, Really Ridiculously Good Looking
December 7th, 2009 at 11:13 pm
Look Here! I am the most handsome coyote in these parts.
December 7th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
Something Winsome This Way Comes
December 7th, 2009 at 11:21 pm
Wayward Glance
December 7th, 2009 at 11:25 pm
I think your tweet says it all.”Charlie looks so shocked,baffled.I might even say offended,when he realizes I’ve tricked him. I know,Coyote,that’s “your job” right?” I would love to know the actual context of your wonderfully sensitive picture.You never fail to capture emotion that always leaves me with questions & wanting more.
December 7th, 2009 at 11:31 pm
First thing that crossed my mind when I looked at his face
The Eyes have It!
December 7th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
“Later, Babe…”
December 8th, 2009 at 12:01 am
The beauty way, every day
December 8th, 2009 at 12:10 am
Wyoming in his eyes
December 8th, 2009 at 12:17 am
The mask of his fathers spirit
December 8th, 2009 at 12:27 am
i think that i shall never see
a poem lovely as a coyote.
December 8th, 2009 at 12:30 am
The Road Less Traveled
Yours is the Earth and Everything That’s in It– Rudyard Kipling
The Love of Bare November Days– Robert Frost
Reluctance– Robert Frost (the expression in Charlie’s eyes make me think of that poem)
December 8th, 2009 at 12:44 am
pause for a cause
or
taking a walk on the wild side
December 8th, 2009 at 12:55 am
That smoky stare…
December 8th, 2009 at 1:00 am
A Backward Glance
December 8th, 2009 at 1:00 am
Temptation
December 8th, 2009 at 1:05 am
The Elegance of the Coyote
(with apologies to Muriel Barbery, author of The Elegance of the Hedgehog)
or
Best Foot Forward
December 8th, 2009 at 1:15 am
Precious
Coyote
Life
December 8th, 2009 at 1:26 am
Hearing a memory…
December 8th, 2009 at 1:34 am
Not Again! Winter is blowing over the horizon.
December 8th, 2009 at 1:34 am
In remembrance of things past.
December 8th, 2009 at 1:48 am
Looking for Chloe.
Come play with me!
My heart is right here!
I know this “poem” (lol) doesn’t rhyme, but to me it says what Charlie may be thinking with his paw next to their heart toy.
Always love your pics of all the critters!
December 8th, 2009 at 1:54 am
Stalk like an egyptian
December 8th, 2009 at 1:55 am
The eyeliner is au natural babe!
December 8th, 2009 at 2:41 am
Songdog Takes Pause to Listen
(Takes Paws? heh.)
December 8th, 2009 at 3:43 am
“They called him the most wild thing of all and made him king of all wild things.” – Maurice Sandak, Where The Wild Things Are
“Let the wild rumpus start!” – Maurice Sandak, Where The Wild Things Are
“Could I revive within me
Her symphony and song,
To such a deep delight ‘twould win me.”
-“Kubla Khan” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
December 8th, 2009 at 3:46 am
Inside two moments, and loathe to leave.
Little boy brown, come howl your song.
Love ahead, and love behind, and love beside him always.
December 8th, 2009 at 4:05 am
Yezz i’m looking great
December 8th, 2009 at 5:10 am
Oh no Shreve didn’t …
(reading everyone’s captions = fun fun!)
December 8th, 2009 at 5:35 am
Serpico
or
I have no more tail to give
December 8th, 2009 at 5:48 am
Companionship
We walked the road less traveled
It lies now far behind,
‘Though the road ahead winds farther
I do not think I mind,
For her heart I’m closely guarding
The same as she guards mine,
And we walk this path together
With both our hearts entwined.
December 8th, 2009 at 6:25 am
handsome guy, looking back
December 8th, 2009 at 6:29 am
Cattle die
kinsmen die
all men are mortal.
Words of praise
will never perish
nor a noble name.
– The Havamal
December 8th, 2009 at 6:32 am
From the outback of red Australia….
my heart beats there too.
December 8th, 2009 at 8:05 am
Well, if you’re coming, come on!
December 8th, 2009 at 8:10 am
even the brave sometimes walk warily
cautious steps
trepidatious trespasses
why the long-ing face?
December 8th, 2009 at 8:22 am
Paws and Reflection
No, NO! Use the wide-angle lens!
December 8th, 2009 at 8:46 am
Paws for thought.
December 8th, 2009 at 9:31 am
Sepia and sage
December 8th, 2009 at 10:28 am
gazing beyond the fence