first glimpse of mountains smudged above weary plains; my heart set to skipping flat in illinois massed thunderheads awak’ning first glimpse of mountains ____________ Another poem and more explication here.
Posts Tagged ‘illinois’
Upon Googling the Murree Hills – “first glimpse of mountains” – Some Haiku
Posted in Haiku, Poetry, Senryu, tagged Haiku, hills, illinois, mountains, murree, murree hills, nostalgia, pakistan, poem, Poetry, Senryu on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Goldenrod and the 4-H Stone – Goldenrod in Forest Park, St. Louis – Sufjan Stevens
Posted in Art Thief, tagged 4-H, bees, bumblebees, casimir pulaski day, christmas, forest park, godenrod, honeybees, illinois, illinoise, michigan, seven swans, sufjan stevens on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The title of this blog post comes from the beautiful but heartbreakingly sad song “Casimir Pulaski Day” from Sufjan Steven’s Illinois, which in my opinion is his masterpiece. Having wandered through the goldenrod on Sunday, I can easily see how one might take these to a heavily burdened friend to brighten their day. Curiously, though, [...]
The View from Tara Point Inn – Confluence of the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers – Godfrey, Illinois
Posted in Art Thief, tagged godfrey, holly hocks, illinois, illinois river, mississippi river, photography, photos, river conflence, tara point inn on Monday, August 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The pictures for the two Tara Point blog posts are brought to you courtesy of my brother, who has far more of the social courage (something it might be handy for a photographer to have) to ask whether a picture might be taken than do I. And so we were able to get these view [...]
In Silhouette – Butterfly on the Godfrey Bluffs
Posted in Art Thief, tagged black and white, black and white photography, butterflies, butterfly, flowers, godfrey, illinois, photos, silhouettes on Sunday, August 21, 2011 | 3 Comments »
At the Beach in the Windy City – 31st St. Beach Surf – Chicago, Illinois – Lomo Arigato (Mr. Roboto)
Posted in Art Thief, tagged 31st st. beach, 31st street beach, beach, chicago, illinois, lake michigan, Lomo Arigato (Mr. Roboto), matt's lomo effect, matt's lomo preset, photography, photos, surf on Monday, August 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I don’t have nearly a good enough poker face to pretend that I am not excited at being recently “Freshly Pressed” by WordPress for this post. If you are here from there, thank you and welcome to the blog. Yesterday was the last day of the annual weekend my friends and I take to Chicago [...]
into illinois – a haiku
Posted in Haiku, Poetry, Senryu, tagged Haiku, illinois, nostalgia, Poetry, Senryu on Monday, June 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
into illinois, traveling old roads; driving past into present
River Buoy – Mississippi River Near Alton, IL
Posted in Art Thief, tagged alton, buoy, illinois, mississippi on Monday, May 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Superpower – Superman Cut-Out – Metropolis, Illinois
Posted in Art Thief, tagged illinois, man of steel, matt's lomo effect, matt's lomo preset, metropolis, photography, photos, superman, superman cut-out on Tuesday, April 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Zoom, Zoom – Highway Photography – I-64
Posted in Art Thief, tagged automobiles, cars, I-64, illinois, nissan, perspective, photography, photos, sunset on Tuesday, April 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ice Floes on the Illinois – Illinois River at Brussels Ferry near Grafton
Posted in Art Thief, tagged brussels ferry, grafton, ice floes, illinois, illinois river, photography, photos, river ice, sunsets, winter on Monday, January 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
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