Pillarteration

pillars

A plethora of pillars perch on a porch,
planks peeling paint that past periods parched.
Partitioned panes perfect the perception,
perhaps prim proprietors previously peeked
past the posts to preening patrols on parade.

Hold on a minute! Are those pillars or columns?

A column of columns congregate on the…

oh, never mind.


Photo 101 Assignment 18: Edge and Alignment

Upriver

water2
My current home is
ninety-five miles upriver from
the coast where I grew up.

Had I allowed myself to merely drift,
I would now be thirty-two leagues out to sea,
floundering at the mercy and
whims of capricious waves.

Instead,
I am resting on a verdant shore
watching the sunlight sparkle
across gentle ripples of water
under an azure sky.

Sometimes it pays
to swim against the tide.


Photo101 Assignment Three: Water