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Monday, October 12, 2009

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Lord: it is time. The summer was immense.
Lay your shadow on the sundials
and let loose the wind in the fields.

Bid the last fruits to be full;
give them another two more southerly days,
press them to ripeness, and chase
the last sweetness into the heavy wine.

Whoever has no house now will not build one anymore.
Whoever is alone now will remain so for a long time,
will stay up, read, write long letters,
and wander the avenues, up and down,
restlessly, while the leaves are blowing.

~~ Rainer Maria Rilke

14 comments:

  1. Oh, I love Rilke! What a beautiful image, too. :)

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  2. so beautiful Char...this makes me pause. *Sigh* Thank you.

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  3. You always seem to portray the theme of the week so well...and this is why you're a professional photographer...such a wonderful verse too...
    Char

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  4. what a window into the season as only you can craft it...beauty in combination of word and picture Char

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  5. Lovely bittersweet poem...it creates quite an image to accompany your beautiful apples...

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  6. Beautiful Char in every way...I love the softness of your work! Excellent...and it doesn't made me "dizzy" either! *snicker*

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  7. The color so vibrant, with such a lovely soft background. It's as if the fruit just fell of the tree and landed on a cloud.

    :-)

    (((hugs))),
    love,
    me

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  8. such beauty and comfort you image and word provide together.

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  9. Great soft glow to these...yum :)

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  10. I love that ... "the summer was immense"... great choice for this photo and this topic. Love this post!

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  11. Lovely! Rilke's poem and your image go together well...

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