Photo: Smadar Halperin-Epshtein
There is little more dear
Than a dappled fawn
And enamored
Small child
Gently curled
In deer hug.
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Dear Deer
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City Blues
Central Park reservoir; Photo: Na’ama Yehuda
People are often surprised that an expanse of blue water in the middle of Manhattan is iconic NYC, and yet … there it is, the Central Park reservoir, perched at the upper half of the massive park like the pit of an avocado. Built in 1860, the 40 feet deep reservoir holds a billion gallons of water. Locals use the 1.58 miles running/walking track around the reservoir for their daily exercise (and might frown at you if you disregard the signage to follow a counter-clockwise direction, or bring your bikes or pets or strollers onto the track – they are not allowed). In this photo, taken from the Upper East Side looking toward the Upper West Side, the blue of the water strives to tickle the blue sky and the clouds get comfy on and in between the towering apartment buildings.
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Synchronize
Photo: Atara Katz
Because sometimes you just have to hang out
with old friends in the parking lot.
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Re-Cornered
Photo: Smadar Halperin-Epshtein
I love this photo of an upside down house in Europe for its genius and exactness, but also for how it challenges our orientation and leads almost everyone to tilt their head ‘to see it better.’ Are the corners of the ‘roof’ still peaks of gables, or do they now make the bottoms of “V”s? If you look out from these windows, will the world itself be upended? How do we define up from down, right from wrong, vision from illusion? How cemented are our views about what is and what could be? Are we willing to paint ourselves out of the corners of our mind where we’d comfortably assumed we knew all that was to know, only to realize a whole world still awaits in readiness to shake our understanding?
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Tickled Pink
Central Park NYC, Photo: Na’ama Yehuda
In the heat of summer,
‘Neath a lamp
O’er green
Park’s ablush
Tickled pink.
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Rise and Shine!
Sunrise; Photo: Na’ama Yehuda
Light paints day on still waters
Sparkles wavelets of promise
In soft whispers
Mild surf:
Today born.
Rise and shine:
It is morn.
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Elemental Moment
Photo Credit: A. Asif
This photo taken by a family member during an extended trip, captures all the elements of life for me: The water that laps at the stone hearth; the dirt and rocks upon which the fire burns; the wood the earth had allowed the growth of; the small sample of water that the fire warms up to cook with other products of the earth – of water, air, light, and earth – to feed, fuel, and maintain the breath of those who walk upon it; the wisps of smokes blown by the breeze like tendrils of exhalations. And time … in the brief anticipation of a meal, the eternity of cycles of all life, the waning light of day, the push and pull of tides upon the water. Also relationships – the connections that sustain and maintain us – the meal soon-to-be-shared, the basking in the calm rest that follows a day of hard hiking. A completeness of a moment, and the story it tells of the moments that preceded and the ones upcoming.
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Merry Go Round
Photo: Smadar Halperin-Epshtein
In the midst of it all
At the center
Of streets
Big or small
Rain or shine
Grab a seat, hold on tight
Take a spin
On life’s Merry-Go-Round.
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A Path To Walk
A Path To Walk
Take a stroll in open air
Amble one step
And then another.
Spot a marker
Stay the path
Upon this great Earth Mother.
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Glinting Sigh
Amsterdam; Photo: Inbar Asif
As the light
Breathes the day
Into soon coming night
And the city spreads
Molten gold sighs
Of beauteous delight,
The sky paints
Warm reflections
Of the time just gone by
Onto glinting canals
Rocking calm lullabies.
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