An Artist’s Eye and the Poet’s Voice

woman holding an instant camera
A picture is worth a thousand words!
A photographer captures essence, substance, and texture
With an artist’s eye.
We gasp our breath and wonder why
We didn’t see it like this!
There’s so much beauty to miss
If we don’t crop out the boring distractions

With a lens which highlights only the attractions!

Frame the picture with surroundings that highlight
The image we want to project.
Center it or leave it askew to delight
The imagination and tease the senses
With unique balance and no defects.
It is perfect…
It calls out to all of us who neglect
The image and fill the page with words instead.
The photographer and poet with inner reflection
View art from a different perspective.
The artist’s eye and the wordsmith’s ear
Coming together to create
What many eyes never see
And many ears do not hear.
It is not from neglect.
It is a difference of expression.
It is perfection!
by Deborah A. Bowman
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Clouds and Waves–my idea of a beautiful Holiday Season!

Waves and Clouds

Still waiting for some medical test results, but my plan is to stay in touch with all my friends in the meantime. Have a wonderful, healthy, and wealthy 2016! Let there be peace on earth …

Deborah A. Bowman

Enchantment in Our World

Light and Color
Light and Color

The rays of sun and reflection

Create splashes of color selected

By the hands of gods and goddesses

That no artist with brushes

Could duplicate on canvas

In oils, pastels, or elements

Raw from the clay and earth and dried, crushed pigments

Art in words, sculpture, images pale in comparison

To the rays of sunlight blending in unison.