Poetry and photography blend together beautifully in this author's work. On their own, each is exquisite. Combined, they become something else—a powerful composition that blends the best of both: that is what happens in this book.
The explanations give poetry lovers and budding poets a deeper appreciation of the genre. This will appeal to lovers of photography, poetry, and students alike.
A photograph is worth a thousand words. Poetry paints word pictures using poetic imagery.
The author is inspired by the image, and from it, poetry flows to dance and enhance the whole upon the page. Images from the eye of a photographer that translate to the mind of the poet.
The chapters have been organized by the category of photograph for the picture lovers, then in alphabetical order of the poem’s title. There are chapters with Animal/Wildlife, Birds, Flowers, Gardens, Paths, Scenes, as well as Sunrise and Sunsets.
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They say that a picture paints a thousand words, but a photograph mixed with a beautifully written poem is worth more than a thousand words. This is exactly what author Thomas Reischel gives his readers in his three-volume book, Picture Poems.
From volumes I to III of Picture Poems, the autho
Oh Firebird, of myth and ash,
Your purpled plumes rise from the flames,
And like the heat returning sun,
Renewal forms your mythic claims.
Oh Phoenix, formed from fire's force,
Your legend burns across the sky,
In trails of smoke and glowing arch,
On toasted wings that make sparks fly.
Oh Benu glyph of ancient myth,
In resurrection of the soul,
Set free the purgatory lost
Their spirit cleanse to make them whole.
And once their essence has renewed
Feed them with your spiritual food
Animated Stills
by: Thomas G Reischel
Come and see what the Poet sees
So, are there fourteen lines in every Sonnet,
and with iambic pentameter on it?
Do all the Sonnets have a structured rhyme?
And are the stanzas quatrains all the time?
The English may have Shakespearean styles.
Italians also have their own profiles,
with eight line octaves and six line sestets,
that's really not as complex as it gets.
For I have found that there are many more.
In fact, there's variations quite galore,
of meter, length, and of stanzaic form.
Amazing how some poets stretch the norm.
I searched the network under every nook.
From all my findings, then, I wrote this book.
A poetic journey through the Sonnet format.
Those chubby cheeks that hold the seed,
A fuzzy face soon raids the stash.
He pilfers grain the birdies need,
This little guy's manners, so brash.
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Three golden birds with golden song
Flew in to eat sunflower seed.
Bright feathers flashing color creed
Of deepest hue to come along.
I hope they feel that they belong
In my backyard.
I'll feed their need.
Three golden birds with golden song
Flew in to eat sunflower seed.
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A Kestrel’s talons
Are a raptor’s wicked tool,
Have hard sharpened ends.
So follow all safety rules.
They don’t suffer any fools.
I have just published my fifth book.
Its available from my new publisher Xlibris
Buy it at any of these sites:
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