Day 1: Poem 1
Hi guys!
So these pictures were take at an abandoned house by Rubben Mabuku.
He's a strictly black and white photographer and he told me that he doesn't do photo shoots, he does concept shoots.
He wanted to capture me as a poet and he prefers picking places still in construction because of the varying textures but I had different ideas for the location.
When I got the pictures back, they did what he's out here to do - they inspired me, gave me a concept to work with because yes, sometimes my poetry is happy and is for the purpose of healing.
But sometimes we have to fall apart before we can start again.
Of Poets
In the beginning Goddess gave me words, the stage and a poem.
She gave me other things but many haven't managed to last for as long.
But with poetry I can still make something beautiful even out of abandon.
The architecture of ruin, the architecture of loss
Is to be ready to lose that that you love the most
Sometimes poets that story with a poem.
Of Poets & Other Abandoned Things
Of aching hearts and clipped off wings
Doesn’t it take the edge off pain when it’s expressed with a
rhyme scheme?
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