I write, erase, rewrite,
erase again,
and then a poppy blooms
~Hokushi

Lost in Translation challenge for this Thursday is to show the effects of red next to black.
I write, erase, rewrite,
erase again,
and then a poppy blooms
~Hokushi

Lost in Translation challenge for this Thursday is to show the effects of red next to black.
…she’d recognized my name…for the first time in my life, I felt the comfort, the firmness of identity that a name might provide, how it could carry an entire history in other people’s memories… No one here…would ask how to spell my name, or mangle it with an unfamiliar tongue. My name belonged so I belonged, drawn into a web of relationships, alliances, and grudges that I did not yet understand.
~ Dreams from my Father, Barack Obama
This 6th image submitted for Robin’s challenge, Seeing Differently, is from the Colorado State University’s Flower Trial Garden. This red flower (name unknown) with a bit of a spider web, while in focus, seems to have a separate identity from the unfocused background which resembles a painting.
Image 6th submitted to Robin’s October photo challenge, Seeing Differently.

It’s a dreary grey day so I’m adding a bit of “red” by joining the
The Girl that Dreams Awake challenge
Join Krista’s photo challenge Enveloped!
Come out to view
the truth of flowers blooming
in poverty.
~Basho*
Revisiting themes during Photo 101’s weekend three as suggested by Cheri and the WordPress.com Team
*cited:
The Sound of Water
Sam Hamill
bitter sundown–
when even dusk fades
from the blossoms
~Takayama Sozei*
Join Cheri’s photo challenge:Wall
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Steven Carter
oh leaves, ask the wind which of you
will be the first to fall.
~ Soseki*
cited:
The Moon in the Pines
Jonathan Clements
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