November 20, 2012

Imagination

How my nostrils flare
sometimes when I think of him!
An animal’s urge
to push, press, wrangle, and meld.
Then I’d take him book hunting.

A. L. Scarlett 2012

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November 20, 2012 - 5:36 am Don QuiScottie

Hmmm… “To push, press,wrangle and meld”

A debatable pleasure

November 20, 2012 - 8:20 pm Syncopated Eyeball

All depends on context, I think.

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November 20, 2012 - 8:26 am mrsdaffodil

Great photo, with smiling eyes and a good book. Michael Ondaatje rocks!

November 20, 2012 - 8:22 pm Syncopated Eyeball

I’ve been smiling a lot lately. Hooray!

I like Michael Ondaatje, but I confess I’ve not yet read “The Cat’s Table”.

I think my favourite so far is “Running in the Family”.

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November 20, 2012 - 9:58 am spilledinkguy

As M.D. has noted smiling eyes, indeed, S.E!
They’re practically dancing!
🙂

November 20, 2012 - 8:28 pm Syncopated Eyeball

But Robert, that’s in part due to the shaky hand effect. 😉

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November 20, 2012 - 12:04 pm Shaun Downey

Your eyes are very expressive

November 20, 2012 - 8:37 pm Syncopated Eyeball

I believe so. 🙂

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November 21, 2012 - 11:07 pm nursemyra

I love this

November 24, 2012 - 2:57 pm Syncopated Eyeball

Thanks Nursie, I thought you might like it. 🙂

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November 25, 2012 - 1:02 pm drawandshoot

Excellent self portrait. And that is a very good book!

November 25, 2012 - 8:18 pm Syncopated Eyeball

Thank you, Karen. I haven’t read that one yet. I have piles of books about the place so that I always have a good selection to choose from when I finish one. Reading and making images are two of my favourite things to do.

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December 13, 2012 - 10:32 am Sean Jeating

Well, photo and eyes have found their afficionados. I wonder, though, why I am the first to write this is a lovely, very erotic and imaginative Tanka? Love it, Ashley.

December 14, 2012 - 4:35 pm Syncopated Eyeball

Thank you, Sean, much appreciated. 🙂
I thought of a number of possible reasons: It is not my usual fare in form nor content, it might be a bit of a surprise for regular visitors. it is a bad poem, nobody read it, it is ‘too primal’, whatever, whatever, whatever.
I like it, image with tanka, as one piece. 🙂

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