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Poem in Response

After reading “Forte é…” (Portuguese, meaning “Strong is…”), written by a talented writer, lovely lady and good friend from Lisbon, Carla Milho – wherein she speaks to courage and the importance of perseverance over negative influences – I was inspired to write this poem…

Writing of challenges
Encountered everyday
It’s one win at a time
Each victory, her way

Her strength through courage shines
In wielding sword and shield
To keep bad folks at bay
Whereby their fates are sealed

With black leather jacket
Wrapped in faded blue jean
Humble in her beauty
She’s a warrior and queen

She is also the star whose light illuminates the landscape of my dreams.

© 2022 Phil Perkins

PHOTO CREDIT: modified photo from unsplash.com.

September 26, 2022
Poem in Response

Having read “Let Me Sing You a Lullaby” by the talented and beautiful Californian poetess, Annabel – wherein she recounts an appreciation of kindness, love and guidance, as received through the song of an angel – I was inspired to write this poem…

Like a message in a bottle
Sealed with a kiss and set adrift
Words flow from your heart, so lovely
– poetic bliss, shared as a gift

© 2022 Phil Perkins

PHOTO CREDIT: modified photos from unsplash.com: one, two

September 23, 2022
Music and Design
Songs that I’m listening to this morning while working with photography and/or creating designs…
- If You Could Read My Mind – by Gordon Lightfoot
- Guitar Man – by Bread
- Galveston – by Glen Campbell
PHOTO CREDIT: modified photo from unsplash.com.
September 22, 2022
Poem in Response

After reading “Burn Brightly” by the talented and lovely Arizonian poetess, Michele Lee Sefton – wherein her inspirational poetic prose speaks to self-confidence, aspirations, and to make hay while the sun shines – I wrote this short poem…

She arose, this desert rose
As the sun in silhouette
Bridging space with song, in dance
Center stage, without regret

© 2022 Phil Perkins

PHOTO CREDIT: modified photo from unsplash.com.

“Listen to the Music” – by The Doobie Brothers (1972) / see lyrics

September 18, 2022
Music and Design
Songs that I’m listening to this morning while working with photography and/or creating designs…
- Sugar Magnolia – by Grateful Dead (1970)
- Here At The Western World – by Steely Dan (1978)
- Way Over Yonder – by Carole King (1971)
PHOTO CREDIT: modified photo from unsplash.com.
September 16, 2022
Song for Today

PHOTO CREDIT: modified photo from unsplash.com.

September 11, 2022
Music and Design
Songs that I’m listening to this morning while working with photography and/or creating designs…
- Hypnotized – by Fleetwood Mac (1973)
- Mirage – by Santana (1974)
- Sara Smile – by Hall & Oates (1975)
PHOTO CREDIT: modified photo from unsplash.com.
September 10, 2022
Song for Today

PHOTO CREDIT: modified photo from unsplash.com.

September 8, 2022
Poem in Response

Having read “Amanhã Talvez” (Portuguese, meaning “Maybe Tomorrow”), written by a talented writer, lovely woman and good friend hailing from Lisbon, Carla Milho – wherein she contemplates meaningful expressions of emotion, aspiring to the present (carpe diem) rather than tomorrow – I was inspired to write this poem…

It’s what she has
Inside her heart
That makes mine skip a beat

Her good nature
And precious soul
Accentuate the sweet

She’s the one who warms my heart
And the light by which I see
What it means to be alive
Here and now, and yet to be

Green eyes serene, her pair is nice
– a golden slice of paradise

To make it four and evermore
Two happy hearts, to underscore

I pen these words
With hope she’ll read
This message of the heart

That if someday
We ever meet
In love, we’ll never part

© 2022 Phil Perkins

PHOTO CREDIT: modified photo from unsplash.com.

September 7, 2022
Music and Design
Songs that I’m listening to this morning while working with photography and/or creating designs…
- Oh Very Young – by Cat Stevens (1974)
- Children – by America (1972)
- Night Moves – by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band (1976)
PHOTO CREDIT: modified photo from unsplash.com.
September 5, 2022
Music and Design
Songs that I’m listening to this morning while working with photography and/or creating designs…
- Rikki Don’t Lose That Number – by Steely Dan / 1974
- Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels) – by Jim Croce / 1972
- Telephone Line – by Electric Light Orchestra / 1977
PHOTO CREDIT: modified photo from unsplash.com.
September 1, 2022
Music and Design
Songs that I’m listening to this morning while working with photography and/or creating designs…
- Mud Slide Slim – by James Taylor / 1972
- Into the Mystic – by Van Morrison / 1970
- Any Major Dude – by Steely Dan / 1974
PHOTO CREDIT: modified photo from unsplash.com.
August 26, 2022