Who Knows? (poetry with photography portraits)
Here’s a poem I wrote to accompany some self portraits that I shot over the summer….
Who Knows?
Stop waiting, anticipating
Things to happen
Make up your mind
Initiate action!
Forget others’ notions
Personal satisfaction
Do what you can
Your potential
Does not lie
In stranger reactions
Rather it abides
Within boldness
Of Dreams
Visions, passion
Depth of soul
Know who you are
Willing to grow
Open the mind
A door you’ve been shown
Hollows, entrances follow
Whereto go
Take baby steps slow
Live for experience
Life’s more than a show
Accept yourself
Revel in being
Content with unknowns
Searching for meaning
February 19, 2011 at 10:09 am
sweet ! wise words but one can easily feel the depth of words not like the ones you write now 🙂 quite a long journey ,,
February 19, 2011 at 11:35 am
Nimue, I am quite embarrassed by my early poetry. With the exception of a poem or two as time passed, they were all pretty terrible… The journey continues 🙂
February 19, 2011 at 12:01 pm
i like the message and the honesty adam – i think those first poems are something precious even if they are not perfect – like the first steps of a child..good to be on this journey
February 19, 2011 at 12:37 pm
The photographs are really cool. This is so much different from your current voice, adam, but it still retains that flavor of what you bring, which is an eye squinted sideways and a love of odd twists and turns of words. You’ve grown a lot, but this still carries a strong message in its own more formal more straightforward way. you should see some of my teeny-bopper years stuff! Yeesh!
February 19, 2011 at 5:02 pm
Interesting self-portraits – reflections off glass and camera lens.. but where are you?
The introspective poem suits the subject very well.
February 19, 2011 at 5:14 pm
adam…firstly dont ever be embarrassed…the start is where we come from…i actually liked this and think you have done yourself an injustice…and thanks for joining in…cheers Pete
February 19, 2011 at 11:44 pm
Oh yes the journey continues…glad you didn’t stop(I am not dissing the poem above at all :))