Emma's picture gallery
A couple of summers ago our youngest son surprised me with a digital camera for my birthday.
Although that particular one disappeared when my handbag was stolen,
I soon discovered I took to photography like a duck to water
and I'm determined to keep learning!
Although that particular one disappeared when my handbag was stolen,
I soon discovered I took to photography like a duck to water
and I'm determined to keep learning!
Kataraktes - Agios Ioanis (Serres) (foto emmakay)
I welcome you to my somewhat different picture gallery.
The intention is to provide you with shots taken from "our life"
and share with you thoughts, poems, quotes...
May you enjoy these few moments of travelling across the miles
and joining us here, however brief your visit...
Simply click on the shots to see an enlarged version
The intention is to provide you with shots taken from "our life"
and share with you thoughts, poems, quotes...
May you enjoy these few moments of travelling across the miles
and joining us here, however brief your visit...
Simply click on the shots to see an enlarged version
Harmony
Water iris - Thessaloniki Promenade (Ponds) - April 2012 (foto emmakay)
Each day, awakening,
are we asked to paint the sky blue?
Need we coax the sun to rise or flowers to bloom?
Need we teach birds to sing, or children to laugh,
or lovers to kiss?
No, though we think the world imperfect,
it surrounds us each day with its perfections.
We are asked only to appreciate them,
and to show appreciation
by living in peaceful harmony amidst them.
(Robert Brault)
are we asked to paint the sky blue?
Need we coax the sun to rise or flowers to bloom?
Need we teach birds to sing, or children to laugh,
or lovers to kiss?
No, though we think the world imperfect,
it surrounds us each day with its perfections.
We are asked only to appreciate them,
and to show appreciation
by living in peaceful harmony amidst them.
(Robert Brault)
A special QUA-AACK for Nicole!
A couple of mornings ago, during my walk on the promenade, I met a young lady, Nicole, from New Jersey USA.
Nicole is here in Greece on a one-semester stint as an exchange student at the Thessaloniki University. She'll be leaving Greece again in June - Back to the USA!
We were both attracted by the qua-aacking croaks coming from the water lily ponds on the beautiful Thessaloniki Promenade and found ourselves standing there together, mesmerized by all the activity going on in those waters - buzzing bees visiting the water irises, butterflies dancing from flower to flower, the first swallows gliding elegantly over the surface, a couple of lazy turtles -necks craned - clearly enjoying the sun, dozens of beautiful mature koi cruising smoothly in and out of sight, thousands of little fish darting around and an entire Royal Symphony Orchestra of frogs bringing it all to life... simply beautiful!
We feasted on this visual and auditory banquet and chatted for a while, and when we parted I made a promise:
So here you go Nicole: This little lad is happily quaa-acking away for you!
Smiles, Emm :))
't was frogs that joined our worlds - so brief!
't was frogs that simply sat there, on a leaf
or dived and swam, quick as a flash
left ripples on the water with a dash
and quacked and sang and quacked away
and oh so brightened our day!
And when you leave for pastures new,
Remember: this little frog's for you!
- Emm -
Water iris in the water lily pond - Thessaloniki Promenade - added 22 April 2012 (foto emmakay)
We're here! Thessaloniki Promenade - added 22 April 2012 (foto emmakay)
I may not have gone
where I intended to go,
but I think I've ended up
where I needed to be.
With Beauty
Sunset on the Bay of Ofriniou - Autumn 2011 (foto emmakay) (added 17 April 2012)
A Navajo Prayer
In beauty may I walk;
With beauty before me, may I walk;
With beauty above me, may I walk;
With beauty below me, may I walk;
With beauty all around me, may I walk;
In beauty, may my walk be finished;
In beauty, may my walk be finished.
In beauty may I walk;
With beauty before me, may I walk;
With beauty above me, may I walk;
With beauty below me, may I walk;
With beauty all around me, may I walk;
In beauty, may my walk be finished;
In beauty, may my walk be finished.
It's all a dog's life ...
At play on Thessaloniki Promenade - summer 2011 (foto emmakay) (added 17 April 2012)
Handle every
stressful situation
like a dog:
If you can't eat it
or play with it,
just pee on it
and walk away!
L i f e i s ...
Daffodil - In the garden, Sofia - April 2012 (foto emmakay)
Risk ...
Kavala sea front - September 2011 (foto emmakay) (added 17 April 2012)
Often the difference between
a successful man and a failure
is not one's better abilities or ideas,
but the courage that one has
to bet on his ideas,
to take a calculated risk,
and to act.
We must have courage to bet on our ideas,
to take the calculated risk,
and to act.
Everyday living requires courage
if life is to be effective and
bring happiness.
(Maxwell Maltz)
a successful man and a failure
is not one's better abilities or ideas,
but the courage that one has
to bet on his ideas,
to take a calculated risk,
and to act.
We must have courage to bet on our ideas,
to take the calculated risk,
and to act.
Everyday living requires courage
if life is to be effective and
bring happiness.
(Maxwell Maltz)
Diamond sprinkles of rain drops ... (foto emmakay)
The Rainy Day
The day is cold, and dark, and dreary
It rains, and the wind is never weary;
The vine still clings to the mouldering wall,
But at every gust the dead leaves fall,
And the day is dark and dreary.
My life is cold, and dark, and dreary;
It rains, and the wind is never weary;
My thoughts still cling to the mouldering Past,
But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast,
And the days are dark and dreary.
Be still, sad heart! and cease repining;
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;
Thy fate is the common fate of all,
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.
(by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
(added 19 Nov 2011)
It rains, and the wind is never weary;
The vine still clings to the mouldering wall,
But at every gust the dead leaves fall,
And the day is dark and dreary.
My life is cold, and dark, and dreary;
It rains, and the wind is never weary;
My thoughts still cling to the mouldering Past,
But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast,
And the days are dark and dreary.
Be still, sad heart! and cease repining;
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;
Thy fate is the common fate of all,
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.
(by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
(added 19 Nov 2011)
Autumn Rose
The Last Autumn Rose in the garden - 15 November 2011 (foto emmakay)
Thou wast a strange autumn rose that,
by withering brought Winter’s wind
Having heard the song that called thee home;
Thou escaped confining cage and flew…
Gone to a secret world, through transformation
What use was thy crown of petals?
What use was thy beauty?
When it was thine to become the Sun!
(By Ray Lucero)
(added 19 Nov 2011)
by withering brought Winter’s wind
Having heard the song that called thee home;
Thou escaped confining cage and flew…
Gone to a secret world, through transformation
What use was thy crown of petals?
What use was thy beauty?
When it was thine to become the Sun!
(By Ray Lucero)
(added 19 Nov 2011)
Pure
Angel's Trumpet -brugmansia. (foto emmakay)
He who loves with purity
considers not the gift of the lover,
but the love of the giver.
(Thomas Kempis)
(added 19 Nov 2011)
Dwelling...
The impressive Cathedral of Thessaloniki, called Metropolis in Greek (photo emmakay)
Everyone is a house with four rooms,
a physical, a mental, an emotional
and a spiritual.
Most of us tend to live in one room
most of the time,
but unless we go into every room,
every day,
even if only to keep it aired,
we are not a complete person.
(Indian Proverb)
(added 19 Nov 2011)
a physical, a mental, an emotional
and a spiritual.
Most of us tend to live in one room
most of the time,
but unless we go into every room,
every day,
even if only to keep it aired,
we are not a complete person.
(Indian Proverb)
(added 19 Nov 2011)
Roses for Rose
(dedicated to my better half...)
In Soula's Garden ~ a kindly neighbour in our seaside village... (Sept 6, 2011)
This entry is dedicated to my better half ~ my soulmate, my friend, my lover and my husband...
a Thank You for just being You...
a Thank You for just being You...
Red roses were her favorites, her name was also Rose.
And every year her husband sent them, tied with pretty bows.
The year he died, the roses were delivered to her door.
The card said, "Be my Valentine," like all the years before.
Each year he sent her roses, and the note would always say,
"I love you even more this year, than last year on this day.
"My love for you will always grow, with every passing year."
She knew this was the last time that the roses would appear.
She thought, he ordered roses in advance before this day.
Her loving husband did not know, that he would pass away.
He always liked to do things early, way before the time.
Then, if he got too busy, everything would work out fine.
She trimmed the stems, and placed them in a very special vase.
Then, sat the vase beside the portrait of his smiling face.
She would sit for hours, in her husband's favorite chair.
While staring at his picture, and the roses sitting there.
A year went by, and it was hard to live without her mate.
With loneliness and solitude, that had become her fate.
Then, the very hour, as on Valentines before,
The doorbell rang, and there were roses, sitting by her door.
She brought the roses in, and then just looked at them in shock.
Then, went to get the telephone, to call the florist shop.
The owner answered, and she asked him, if he would explain,
Why would someone do this to her, causing her such pain?
"I know your husband passed away, more than a year ago,"
The owner said, "I knew you'd call, and you would want to know."
"The flowers you received today, were paid for in advance."
"Your husband always planned ahead, he left nothing to chance."
"There is a standing order, that I have on file down here,
And he has paid, well in advance, you'll get them every year.
There also is another thing, that I think you should know,
He wrote a special little card...he did this years ago."
"Then, should ever, I find out that he's no longer here,
That's the card...that should be sent, to you the following year."
She thanked him and hung up the phone, her tears now flowing hard.
Her fingers shaking, as she slowly reached to get the card.
Inside the card, she saw that he had written her a note.
Then, as she stared in total silence, this is what he wrote...
"Hello my love, I know it's been a year since I've been gone,
I hope it hasn't been too hard for you to overcome."
"I know it must be lonely, and the pain is very real.
For if it was the other way, I know how I would feel.
The love we shared made everything so beautiful in life.
I loved you more than words can say, you were the perfect wife."
"You were my friend and lover, you fulfilled my every need.
I know it's only been a year, but please try not to grieve.
I want you to be happy, even when you shed your tears.
That is why the roses will be sent to you for years."
"When you get these roses, think of all the happiness,
That we had together, and how both of us were blessed.
I have always loved you and I know I always will.
But, my love, you must go on, you have some living still."
"Please...try to find happiness, while living out your days.
I know it is not easy, but I hope you find some ways.
The roses will come every year, and they will only stop,
When your door's not answered, when the florist stops to knock."
"He will come five times that day, in case you have gone out.
But after his last visit, he will know without a doubt,
To take the roses to the place, where I've instructed him,
And place the roses where we are, together once again.
~~Author Unknown.~~
(added 6 Sept 2011)
F R E E...
Seagulls dancing in the air ~ Thessaloniki port ~ 28 August 2011
Quotes from Jonathan Livingston Seagull ~ Richard Bach
* = * = *
(When a handicapped gull asks if he can fly)
“Come along then,” said Jonathan.
“Climb with me away from the ground, and we’ll begin.”
“You don’t understand My Wing. I can’t move my wing.”
“Maynard Gull, you have the freedom to be yourself, your true self,
here and now, and nothing can stand in your way.
It is the Law of the Great Gull, the Law that Is.”
“Are you saying I can fly?”
“I say you are free.”
A family outing ~ Thessaloniki Seafront ~ 28 Aug 2011
The family.
We were a strange little band of characters trudging through life
sharing diseases and toothpaste,
coveting one another's desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money,
locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant,
loving, laughing, defending, and trying to figure out the common thread that bound us all together.
(Erma Bombeck)
RIPPLES OF HOPE IN TIMES OF DESPAIR
The Waterlilies Theme Park on Thessaloniki seafront promenade ~ July 2011 (added 10 Aug 2011)
Each time a man stands up for an ideal,
or acts to improve the lot of others,
or strikes out against injustice,
he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope,
and those ripples build a current
which can sweep down
the mightiest walls
of oppression and resistance.
Senator Robert F. Kennedy,
June 6 1966 (South Africa address)
or acts to improve the lot of others,
or strikes out against injustice,
he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope,
and those ripples build a current
which can sweep down
the mightiest walls
of oppression and resistance.
Senator Robert F. Kennedy,
June 6 1966 (South Africa address)
PEACE OF MIND
Halkidiki, Greece - added 9 Aug 2011
PEACE OF MIND
Carry me out the ocean,
where my drifting thoughts flow free.
Guide them to a far distant land,
that only the mind can see.
There I shall paint a great portrait,
of what this world should be.
A place without senseless wars,
and human poverty.
(Robert M. Hensel)
Forever friends...
added 9 Aug 2011 - emma kay
"I don't remember
how we happened to meet each other.
I don't remember
who got along with whom first.
All I can remember
is all of us together...
always."
(anonymous)
Bountiful... but
(added 9 Aug 2011) emmakay
“I don't know what it is about fecundity that so appalls.
I suppose it is the teeming evidence
that birth and growth, which we value,
are ubiquitous and blind,
that life itself is so astonishingly cheap,
that nature is as careless as it is bountiful,
and that with extravagance goes a crushing waste
that will one day include our own cheap lives.”
(Annie Dillard)
On the wings of hope
(added 9 Aug 2011 - emma kay)
On The Wings Of Hope
As an ancient legend goes;
If anyone desires a wish to come true,
they must capture a butterfly and whisper that wish to it.
Since butterflies make no sound,
They can’t tell that wish to anyone but the Great Spirit,
So by making the wish and releasing the butterfly,
It will be taken to the heavens and be granted.
Although this legend implies that we should keep our wishes silent,
there are some wishes that need to be expressed out loud.
To those that have been touched by the disease we are helping to fight today,
We wish the caregivers strength and tranquility,
and thank them for their gifted labor of love.
We wish the survivors a long and happy life,
and thank them for showing us how to fight with courage and determination.
We wish those currently fighting the battle energy and hope,
and thank them for showing us what true bravery is all about.
And finally, we wish the victims peace and love,
and thank them for the joy and happiness they brought to us.
With this symbolic gesture, we honor those that have left us and encourage
those left behind to continue the fight “On the Wings of Hope”.
As an ancient legend goes;
If anyone desires a wish to come true,
they must capture a butterfly and whisper that wish to it.
Since butterflies make no sound,
They can’t tell that wish to anyone but the Great Spirit,
So by making the wish and releasing the butterfly,
It will be taken to the heavens and be granted.
Although this legend implies that we should keep our wishes silent,
there are some wishes that need to be expressed out loud.
To those that have been touched by the disease we are helping to fight today,
We wish the caregivers strength and tranquility,
and thank them for their gifted labor of love.
We wish the survivors a long and happy life,
and thank them for showing us how to fight with courage and determination.
We wish those currently fighting the battle energy and hope,
and thank them for showing us what true bravery is all about.
And finally, we wish the victims peace and love,
and thank them for the joy and happiness they brought to us.
With this symbolic gesture, we honor those that have left us and encourage
those left behind to continue the fight “On the Wings of Hope”.
F A I T H IS ...
(added 9 Aug 2011)
This is dedicated to all my friends who are wondering and worrying
about what the future will bring, just what lies ahead...
Believe in yourself
and your ability to overcome almost anything
you WANT to overcome!
Smiles, Emm :))
about what the future will bring, just what lies ahead...
Believe in yourself
and your ability to overcome almost anything
you WANT to overcome!
Smiles, Emm :))
Life's like that...
You cannot control what happens to you,
but you can control your attitude
toward what happens to you,
and in that, you will be mastering change
rather than allowing it to master you.
(Brian Tracey)
(southern Bulgaria, 6 July 2011)
Hard Life, hard Work
A pretty hard life, but still all smiles when we chatted... (foto emmakay)
All labor that uplifts humanity
has dignity and importance
and should be undertaken
with painstaking
excellence.
(Dr Martin Luther King Jr.)
(southern Bulgaria 6 July 2011)
has dignity and importance
and should be undertaken
with painstaking
excellence.
(Dr Martin Luther King Jr.)
(southern Bulgaria 6 July 2011)
(Personal Note: I took these pictures last Wednesday, 6th July 2011, in southern Bulgaria, only a few kms from the Greek border. At the time I was buying some fresh fruits and vegetables from some local farmers who had set up stalls by the road side and who have the most delicious ware. I'd remarked to my husband that it had been a journey without "donkey-'n-cart", a pity really, because they are so much part and parcel of Bulgarian rural life. And then Hubs noticed the old lady striding down the hillside with her donkey named Vaya and called me, urging me to take pics. The camera had been on "standby" throughout the journey... and these two shots are some of the results. The lady was jolly and full of laughter... hard life or no hard life! She had sunshine in her smile! Emm )
Look and see...
a sunny morning in Kamena Vourla, Greece 8 June 2011 (foto emmakay)
There are many things in life
that will catch your eye.
But only a few
will catch your heart....
- -Ben Crenshaw-
... R e d ...
poppies bordering a wheat field ~ Chrisso, Serron, April 2011 (foto emmakay)
Redcan be frightful
even delightful
but always surprisingly red.
There's glows
bows
wine and
roses
hawks
buttons
chili
noses
red sky mornings
red sky nights
Chinese red
and port side lights
red hot mama
little red hen
ruby red slippers to get home in
cherries
garnets
kidney beans
Mars
demons
two red queens.
Add some to yellow, heart o' mine,
orange is what you'll get every time.
(Karen Schirmer)
(added 4 May 2011emm)
even delightful
but always surprisingly red.
There's glows
bows
wine and
roses
hawks
buttons
chili
noses
red sky mornings
red sky nights
Chinese red
and port side lights
red hot mama
little red hen
ruby red slippers to get home in
cherries
garnets
kidney beans
Mars
demons
two red queens.
Add some to yellow, heart o' mine,
orange is what you'll get every time.
(Karen Schirmer)
(added 4 May 2011emm)
... new life in the making...
Storks setting up home ~ Nea Kavala, April 2011 (foto emmakay)
We must be willing to get rid
of the life we've planned,
so as to have the life
that is waiting for us.
The old skin has to be shed
before the new one can come.
(Joseph Campbell)
(added 4 May 2011 emm)
of the life we've planned,
so as to have the life
that is waiting for us.
The old skin has to be shed
before the new one can come.
(Joseph Campbell)
(added 4 May 2011 emm)
LOVE ...
On the promenade in Stavros, Halkidiki, March 2011 (foto emmakay)
"Love one another,
but make not a bond of love:
let it rather be a moving sea
between the shores of your souls"
(Kahlil Gibran ~ Lebanese born
American philosophical essayist, novelist and poet ~
1883-1931)
(added May 2011 emm)
It's Springtime...
Spring blossoms - Gorna Banya, Sofia, Spring 2010 (foto emmakay)
"Life without love
is like a tree
without blossom and fruit."
(Khalil Gibran)
(added 2 March 2011 emm)
is like a tree
without blossom and fruit."
(Khalil Gibran)
(added 2 March 2011 emm)
Spring Poetry...
...the first blossoms of the year, Kavala, 25 Feb 2011 (foto emmakay)
For winter's rains and ruins are over,
And all the season of snows and sins;
The days dividing lover and lover,
The light that loses, the night that wins;
And time remembered is grief forgotten,
And frosts are slain and flowers begotten,
And in green underwood and cover
Blossom by blossom the spring begins.
(Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909)
(added 2 March 2011)
Evening falls...
Pangeo mountain range as seen from Nea Zichni (Serron)
A Winter's Day comes to an end...
A shot of the Pangeo Mountain range, Northern Greece.
coupled to the last few lines from
Winter Stores by Charlotte Brontë
(published under her nom de plume, Currer Bell, 1846)
...
And when Youth’s summer day is vanished,
And Age brings Winter’s stress,
Her stores, with hoarded sweets replenished,
Life’s evening hours will bless.
...
A shot of the Pangeo Mountain range, Northern Greece.
coupled to the last few lines from
Winter Stores by Charlotte Brontë
(published under her nom de plume, Currer Bell, 1846)
...
And when Youth’s summer day is vanished,
And Age brings Winter’s stress,
Her stores, with hoarded sweets replenished,
Life’s evening hours will bless.
...
Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder...
Orchid - colouring and brightening the corridor of our favourite hide-away in Bulgaria. (Spring 2010) (foto emmakay)
For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it.
For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it.
For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.
(Ivan Panin - Russian mathematician 1855-1942)
Window into man's soul...
Inside the chapel ~Analipseos Convent, Proti (foto emmakay)
People are like stained glass windows:
they sparkle and shine
when the sun is out,
but when the darkness sets in
their true beauty
is revealed
only if there is a light within.
(Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, 1926-2004)
Happiness...
If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap.
If you want happiness for a day, go fishing.
If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune.
If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody
- Chinese Proverb -
Sunflowers are my favourite 'sunny smiles'...(foto emmakay)
Nature's handiwork
Snowdrops bathing in winter sunshine in the gardens of our hotel on Mt Vitosha, Sofia.
There is something infinitely healing
in the repeated refrains
of nature -
the assurance that dawn
comes after night,
and spring after the winter.
(Rachel Carson - The Sense of Wonder)
The World goes on...
... The Chair...
(Thessaloniki, November 2010) (foto emmakay)
The world goes whispering to its own,
"This anguish pierces to the bone;"
"And tender friends go sighing round,"
"What love can ever cure this wound?"
My days go on, my days go on...
(Elizabeth Barrett Browning)
(added Feb 2011 - emm)
Children Learn What They Live
Summer's day play on a beach - Kavala, 2010 (foto emmakay)
If children live with hostility, they learn to fight.
If children live with ridicule, they learn to be shy.
If children live with tolerance, they learn to be patient.
If children live with encouragement, they learn confidence.
If children live with praise, they learn to appreciate.
If children live with fairness, they learn justice.
If children live with security, they learn faith.
If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves.
If children live with acceptance, and friendship, they learn to find love in the world.
( Dorothy Law Nolte, PhD)
(added Feb 2011 - emm)
If children live with ridicule, they learn to be shy.
If children live with tolerance, they learn to be patient.
If children live with encouragement, they learn confidence.
If children live with praise, they learn to appreciate.
If children live with fairness, they learn justice.
If children live with security, they learn faith.
If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves.
If children live with acceptance, and friendship, they learn to find love in the world.
( Dorothy Law Nolte, PhD)
(added Feb 2011 - emm)
A friend is...
An unusual friendship, but then, aren't they all unusual... what is usual about friendship anyway?
A friend is someone
who knows
the song in your heart
and
can sing it back to you
when you have forgotten the words."
-unknown
(added Feb 2011- emm)
The Gate of the Year
'The Gate' - as discovered on our walk with Anna & Encho in Gorna Banya, Sofia, Spring 2010 (foto emmakay)
"And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year
'Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown.'
And he replied, 'Go into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God
That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way!..."
(Minnie Louise Haskins - 1908 )
“The Gate of the Year” was printed privately and circulated in a collection called "The Desert". Elizabeth, the late Queen Mum, loved the poem and showed it to her husband King George VI, who included
it in his famous Christmas message broadcast in 1939 at the beginning
of the Second World War. Minnie Haskins was astonished to hear her poem
being read by the King. After the King's death the Queen Mother had it
engraved on brass plaques at the entrance to the King George VI Memorial Chapel at Windsor Castle. And finally, ‘The Gate of the Year’, the Queen Mother's favorite
poem, was
read during her funeral on 9 April 2002 when she was laid to rest next to
her husband.
(added 16 Feb 2011 - emm)
(added 16 Feb 2011 - emm)
Believe in yourself...
This is for NADINE....Believe in yourself and DO (foto emmakay)
Anyone can give up,
it's the easiest thing in the world to do.
But to hold it together
when everyone else would understand if you fell apart,
that's true strength.
(Adlin Sinclair - British born businessman, motivational speaker and humanitarian)
(added 21 Feb 2011 - emm)
it's the easiest thing in the world to do.
But to hold it together
when everyone else would understand if you fell apart,
that's true strength.
(Adlin Sinclair - British born businessman, motivational speaker and humanitarian)
(added 21 Feb 2011 - emm)
A very special Poem...
By my friend Cathy Meldrum who is a song writer and poet, and who sent me this beautiful poem which I'm honoured to share here with you.
Cathy's Poppies of Self-Discovery
poppy fields in the area of Gazoros, Serron, Northern Greece (Spring 2010) (foto emmakay)
"I found a lovely poppy field,
A wondrous sight to see
The reds of many shades
Did stir…at feelings deep in me
Memories came flooding back,
Each one a story told
And each one tinged with sadness,
Desperation, pain and cold
They swayed so gently to and fro,
So lovely, in the sun
My tears fell, down among them,
I thought to turn and run
'... strong and hardy.. you'll find your place to grow!' (by Cathy Meldrum) (foto: emmakay)
Some dainty faces upward,
While others hung their head
Some of brightest crimson,
Some a scarlet red
I realised that though they looked,
So delicate and pale
That most were strong and hardy,
None I saw were frail
They find a place where each can grow,
Be it lawn or field
They're cut and picked and poisoned,
Yet, never do they yield
I learned, that day, dear poppies,
And when I turned, to go
I'm sure I heard you whispering,
'You'll find your place, to grow'"
(by Cathy Meldrum)
(added 21 Feb 2011 - emm)
While others hung their head
Some of brightest crimson,
Some a scarlet red
I realised that though they looked,
So delicate and pale
That most were strong and hardy,
None I saw were frail
They find a place where each can grow,
Be it lawn or field
They're cut and picked and poisoned,
Yet, never do they yield
I learned, that day, dear poppies,
And when I turned, to go
I'm sure I heard you whispering,
'You'll find your place, to grow'"
(by Cathy Meldrum)
(added 21 Feb 2011 - emm)
