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05-NOV-2014 Boris Alexander Keller

I am in front of emptiness

Bad Ems, Germany

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Triangles

Three triangles of birds crossed
Over the enormous ocean which extended
In winter like a green beast.
Everything just lay there, the silence,
The unfolding gray, the heavy light
Of space, some land now and then.
Over everything there was passing
A flight
And another flight
Of dark birds, winter bodies
Trembling triangles
Whose wings,
Frantically flapping, hardly
Can carry the gray cold, the desolate days
From one place to another
Along the coast of Chile.
I am here while from one sky to another
The trembling of the migratory birds
Leaves me sunk inside myself, inside my own matter
Like an everlasting well
Dug by an immovable spiral.
Now they have disappeared
Black feathers of the sea
Iron birds
From steep slopes and rock piles
Now at noon
I am in front of emptiness. It’s a winter
Space stretched out
And the sea has put
Over its blue face
A bitter mask.

Written by Pablo Neruda


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Maaike Huizer09-Nov-2014 09:16
Ha, yes, the words go very well with this one.
Jola Dziubinska09-Nov-2014 01:33
Terrific capture, Boris. V.
LynnH09-Nov-2014 00:52
I do feel the sense of alone in this! V
Frank Brault08-Nov-2014 19:06
Love it! V
monica memoli07-Nov-2014 08:17
Time for deep thoughts. v
Paco López07-Nov-2014 05:52
Excellent! V!
John Lamb06-Nov-2014 19:50
The mistress of all she surveys.
Peter Sussex06-Nov-2014 19:43
Fine feel of solitude and the poem fits this state. V
Martin Lamoon06-Nov-2014 19:36
Terrific photograph.
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wernere0106-Nov-2014 18:30
There´s something special in this image, I still try to find out. The fine poem fits well. v
larose forest photos06-Nov-2014 13:17
I love that Neruda poem. It captures perfectly the feelings one has when seeing birds migrating such distances. Excellent image to go with it. VV
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