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jwesley
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0 posted 2010-08-16 10:19 PM


Small, The By-products

Photographs . . .
of one type or another -
scanning, one by one, digitally preserving,
History, Time, Lives in passage,
all representative of the photographer
who recorded for posterity -
and yet,
it's  the photographer who's gone.
Small, the by-products of his life,
large his legacy, his place in memory;
but, oh, I'd burn it all
to look my father in the eyes again.

© wesley james beard, jr.
august 2010


...not a recent passage, but recent scanning.

© Copyright 2010 Wesley James Beard, Jr. - All Rights Reserved
katahdin
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1 posted 2010-08-16 11:34 PM


Very touching and a unique way of rembering someone who has passed. This is a poetry Photo of your father.
Kat >^..^<

Marchmadness
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2 posted 2010-08-17 12:57 PM


Overpowering sadness here but great style and sensitivity. Love it.
                             Ida

Amaryllis
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3 posted 2010-08-17 01:18 AM


Ver touching.. a lovely write
~Amaryllis

Cpat Hair
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4 posted 2010-08-17 07:24 AM


very touching indeed sir..
an a tribute to one you've lost.

well done

Margherita
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5 posted 2010-08-17 09:07 AM


Deeply poignant, dear Jimmy. Good that it's not a deal, because if you were granted the wish, how long would the visit last? And then you would again be yearning ... without pictures. Come to think of it.

Enjoyed this much.

Love,
Margherita

Denise
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6 posted 2010-08-22 09:16 AM


Very touching and very well expressed!
Novus_Os
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7 posted 2010-08-22 12:59 PM


Knowing the feeling, you expressed this well.
My Dad loved photography too.


Regards,

Novus_Os

Life is meant to be enjoyed, not just endured.

Alison
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8 posted 2010-08-23 11:13 AM


Man, this is a heart-hitter.  I think we all can identify.  Thank you, James - I really do like this.

Alison

Juju
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9 posted 2010-08-23 05:47 PM


True

Juju

-Juju

-"So you found a girl
Who thinks really deep thoughts
What's so amazing about really deep thoughts " Silent all these Years, Tori Amos

JamesMichael
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10 posted 2010-08-26 07:22 PM


Fine writing...James
Andrew Scott
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11 posted 2010-08-28 09:18 PM


Yes, in deed. Well spoken. Peace.

"We'll chase them like rats across the tundra."

Earl Brinkman
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12 posted 2010-09-04 07:40 AM


Well written.  This poem stands out.
Eusta B. Mae
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13 posted 2010-09-10 09:59 AM


The image I got was of a photo of a man holding an old photograph. Great capture!ebm
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