Snapshot Saturday: Dancer

This is one of my favorite photos. This is a statue in Tucson, AZ on the Historic Fourth Avenue near the underpass that leads downtown. I was experimenting with having backgrounds that were focused along with the foreground. It was a beautiful warm December day. I feel the statue looks more alive in this photo than seeing it in person. It’s beautiful either way. Now that’s two reasons to visit Tucson. The warm December days and to see the local artwork. There are many statues and murals. It’s worth visiting at least once.

Dancer. Dec 2019. f/10. 1/200. 110mm.

Flashback Friday Poetry: A Toy’s Lament

locked away in my Plastic Cage
until my release by Giants
as years go by others are Freed
and this begins to fuel my rage
i decide to be defiant
i learn to except my own greed

i force my way down the Shelf
to open the Cardboard Prison
all my efforts are in vain
i try to recover myself
then i am found by a person
it returns me to my great pain