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Apr 19
poem, visual 3 comments
jbird18

April in Stills

I scroll backwards through my photographs.
A sturdy mixture of screenshots, notes to self as reminders, homework assignments, the occasional cringe-worthy selfie, a quote or cartoon that resonated in one social media feed or another, screenshots that capture a fondness between two friends.
And then, there are the photographs I took.
A sight I wanted to capture.
A moment I hoped to remember.
April 2017.
Saturday, April 15      10:27 AM
I swear the chicks doubled in size overnight.

Friday, April 14      8:00 AM
Banana and sticker

Tuesday, April 11      7:28 AM
Balance: sky, building, trees

Tuesday, April 11      7:18 AM
The sky has a story to tell this morning

Monday, April 10      7:45 PM
I witness the moon and its sky the way they appeared in a children's book I once read. Never before have I seen the sky look like this in real life. Wonder.

Monday, April 10      6:09 PM
Mushrooms that look like mustaches-- crazy. I never understood the whole mustache-being-a-cool-thing thing. Regardlesss, these mushrooms are exciting.

Friday, April 7      7:47 PM
I cannot express the feeling I get inside of me when I see the sidewalk stained with leaves. I wore my filthy mud boots to a college concert hall to hear music. Vermont.

Saturday, April 1      9:15 AM
My front yard.

Saturday, April 1      9:13 AM
Welcome, April.
 
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  1. Graceth Harleli
    Apr 20, 2017

    I really enjoyed these pictures, especially the one of the stormy sky by the chicken coop. And I never got the whole mustaches-are-cool-thing either!

    "She is too fond of books and it has turned her brain." ~Louisa May Alcott
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  1. jbird18
    Apr 23, 2017

    Thank you, Graceth!

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  1. Worlds.Within.Words
    Apr 24, 2017

    This is gorgeous: a merger of pictures and poetry, each touching on their own and even more perfect together. It's both a glimpse back in time and a glimpse into your life, and it's so well-phrased and well-photographed.

    "I say I want to save the world but really/I want to write poems all day"
    -Dorothea Lasky

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