Poem: Back to nature

Posted by Henry E. Powderly II on Jul 10, 2009 in Photography, Poetry, Portfolio | 1 comment

I love starting a new project. In this case I’ve been taking tons of macro shots of flowers (though, unlike O’Keefe, I see more faces than sexual organs in the petals). My plan it to write at least 20 poems to include with the photos and create a book out of them using self-publishing Web site LuLu.com.

Last night I wrote the first one, which I’m pretty sure I’ll use to open the book. It’s short, but it speaks with he voice I’m going for with this project. My goal is to have this finished by the end of Summer.

I hope you enjoy it.

#1

The spring flower
climbed out
from under
thawed mud
and rusted blades
of grass
tamped by
frost and boots

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