longing for sunlight
amid the dampness and cold
childhood memories
My childhood had some glorious moments in the tropics, when I lived in the Philippines. Dark, dreary drippy days sometimes bring forth a longing for those days.
Tag: childhood
Memories of Metal Shop
Sitting
Tall stool
Metsl tsble
Vice gripping
My victim
Bending
Shaving
Scraping
Demanding
It fit into
My will.
Resistance
Solid
We find
Detente,
This soul
Longing
For the
Trees
The Henson exhibit at Seattle’s MoPop
Two beings I’ve long known
Moments from my childhood
Muppets filled my dreams
Faces Of Cazuca – The Illusive Peace For The Children Living In Extreme Poverty After Colombia’s War — Edge of Humanity Magazine
Pained eyes of children
Poverty is violent
Cycles of despair
The folks over at Edge of Humanity shared this post: “Faces Of Cazuca – The Illusive Peace For The Children Living In Extreme Poverty After Colombia’s War“. I’m struck by the cycle of despair, of violence, victimization and rage. I wonder if we can ever break free of this madness.
Visual Artist Katy Lopez is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this portrait/documentary photography. From her project ‘AfterWar‘. To see Katy’s body of work click on any photograph. AfterWar is a story told in photographs of the children of Cazuca, a very deprived and stigmatized area on the outskirts of […]
Children’s Laughter
This sound
Laughing children
Always a delightful way
To awaken
Childhood’s End
Children now so tall
Just a few years left of school
Childhood’s ending
Remembering
My old memories
Seated upon the sidewalk
Watching a kid’s game
Oh, such memories!
Many memories
Puppets crafted with delight
Wonders of childhood
Summer’s Approaching
Languid summer days
Sweetly flavored ice on sticks
The joys of childhood
Carl Setzer: Word Shaper 