Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/05/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'd put that right up there with the OC! Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 5/4/2016 6:17 PM, Ted Grant wrote: > Hi Crew, > My niece in the UK is a very fine author/poet in early years and wrote this > poem about her Uncle Ted as a photojournalist. > Not bad for a young lady 16 yrs. I'd say. > cheers, > Ted Grant. CM > Dedicated to Canadian photojournalist, Uncle Ted Grant > <http://tedgrantphoto.com/> > "Jesus Christ! > Would you look at that" > - then click! > His voice smoky > as the wind. > When he speaks > he looks to the distance, > ruddy horizons, > - blind in one eye > but the sight sharper. > At 83, > he still holds his camera > gently, but poised > - ready to pounce, > a hunter, a gatherer, > horse at the ready, > tracking life in its rawest > - moments unnoticed, > a flick of the spur! > An eye into focus. > Human nature bared, > unfiltered > - like a shot of whiskey, > smooth and rough, > "Don't think just click!" > His hands a little shaky now, > he flicks through his book; his work > - life mapped out > trodden tracks, > sudden sun on worn out paths. > His eyes > cool, calm, cantering quick, > though now, sometimes, > they well right up, > memories stirred like desert dust. > "Don't think too much" > he'd say, shaking his head, > "It's just life" > - a thousand lives > along the wrinkles of his cheeks. > and grabbing his stetson > swinging a camera round his chest, > he'd ride away into the sun > like there's nothing to it. > a silhouette. > against the horizon of life > > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >