Monthly Archives: October 2008

Look indirectly

Look indi­rectly, orig­i­nally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. The eyes can be deceiv­ing, See­ing what they want to see. Things seen, so obvi­ous The hid­den truth lies beyond. Beauty in the lines and shad­ows Which can­not be per­ceived at once. Things we’re used, so mun­dane Seen so often, every day. Appre­ci­a­tion may be lack­ing And details …

31. October 2008 – 05:19 | By Thorsten | Posted in Poetry | Tagged , | Comments (0)

City lights

City lights, orig­i­nally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. Night falls, the city awak­ens from its slum­ber of con­fused lethargy and aim­less rush. The noise set­tles, calms down, if ever so slightly. The watch­ers and onlook­ers take their seats, glasses clink, laugh­ter, con­ver­sa­tions. Then the lights come on. Those city lights. And the actors take to the …

31. October 2008 – 03:22 | By Thorsten | Posted in Poetry | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Of autumn colors

Of autumn col­ors, orig­i­nally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. Summer’s cheer­i­ness is fad­ing. The time of delib­er­ate con­tem­pla­tion, Of deep thoughts and med­i­ta­tion arrives. The bright col­ors of lazy after­noons Of sweet delib­er­ate eas­i­ness Make way for spurts and dabs Of cozy com­fort on dreary days. It is the sea­son of rust brown, Of burnt ocher …

30. October 2008 – 17:31 | By Thorsten | Posted in Poetry | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

The Orchid

The Orchid, orig­i­nally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. Of all the flow­ers fairest One there is the darest With col­ors boldly shin­ing Moves my hearts inclin­ing To won­der and admire Thy beauty, to all aspire May you for­ever reign supreme Orchid, flower of high esteem. © Thorsten Becker For a brief period about 20 years ago …

30. October 2008 – 07:20 | By Thorsten | Posted in Poetry | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Blue Pearl

Blue Pearl, orig­i­nally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. In a vast vel­vet ocean of scat­tered light One pre­cious blue pearl shines bright. Sur­rounded by a pro­tec­tive shell Its great beauty every­one can tell. Far and wide there is no other Like this one, my sis­ter, my brother. To take good care of it we have been …

10. October 2008 – 06:03 | By Thorsten | Posted in Poetry | Tagged , | Comments (0)