Morning Coffee and Rhymes

You know I like to do them occasionally.  I sometimes feel inspired to write a poem instantly, and others it sits and festers inside me for a while before it finally bursts forth in some sort of theme that satisfies me.

This one combines my photography hobby and a little poetry.  It has been kicking around in my pointy, little head (Suzie's words) for quite a while.  I've tried various times and never got it to flow.

I'm finally finished:

The Mind's Eye

To shoot a perfect sunrise
I have to be in place
before the rays of morning
touch my lens and face.

Shooting people on the street
is challenging to do.
Things like love or loneliness
are moods that we pursue.

I try to see things commonplace
with my mind's creative eye,
to see ordinary things differently;
be they rocks, or trees, or sky.

I try to always be aware
of signals that are sent.
I try to re-interpret them;
to visually reinvent.

Camera settings can be wrong
like focus, speed, and light,
but other things like framing
can be easily half the fight.

A person may have all the gear
and knowledge may possess,
but just because they have the goods
there's no guaranteed success.

To get just one good shot may take
a hundred, two, or more.
The one that's worlds above the rest;
that people all adore.

Although photography is very old
techniques remain the same.
The equipment may be more complex,
but it just gives us more to blame.

I'm sure that I'll keep shooting
even though I'm barely "fair"
because it's fun and gets me out
and gives me things to share.

Rick Williams