Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/05/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What a WONDERFULLY talented young lady! You have a rich life, my friend. Cheers to you! On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 7:17 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > > > Hi Crew, > > My niece in the UK is a very fine author/poet in early years and wrote > this > > poem about her Uncle Ted as a photojournalist. > > Not bad for a young lady 16 yrs. I'd say. > > cheers, > > Ted Grant. CM > > Dedicated to Canadian photojournalist, Uncle Ted Grant > > <http://tedgrantphoto.com/> > > "Jesus Christ! > > Would you look at that" > > - then click! > > His voice smoky > > as the wind. > > When he speaks > > he looks to the distance, > > ruddy horizons, > > - blind in one eye > > but the sight sharper. > > At 83, > > he still holds his camera > > gently, but poised > > - ready to pounce, > > a hunter, a gatherer, > > horse at the ready, > > tracking life in its rawest > > - moments unnoticed, > > a flick of the spur! > > An eye into focus. > > Human nature bared, > > unfiltered > > - like a shot of whiskey, > > smooth and rough, > > "Don't think just click!" > > His hands a little shaky now, > > he flicks through his book; his work > > - life mapped out > > trodden tracks, > > sudden sun on worn out paths. > > His eyes > > cool, calm, cantering quick, > > though now, sometimes, > > they well right up, > > memories stirred like desert dust. > > "Don't think too much" > > he'd say, shaking his head, > > "It's just life" > > - a thousand lives > > along the wrinkles of his cheeks. > > and grabbing his stetson > > swinging a camera round his chest, > > he'd ride away into the sun > > like there's nothing to it. > > a silhouette. > > against the horizon of life > > > > > > > > > > --- > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >