Animated Stills

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>This book is an Inspiration of Life from photographs.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>As a photographer I roam around and take pictures of many things. Some of those pictures contain images where I see something in them. As a Poet this sparks my imagination my</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>Muse to poetically interpret that something into action. So a poem is born. I write about it and ask the readers if they see it too.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>That is the basis of this book of Animated Stills.The stills part comes from the photograph. The animated portion is where poet brings the perceived image to life for the reader. Animated stills are poems where inanimate objects take on human animal or spirit forms traits or articles. They are derived from Photographs I have taken that have moved me to write a poem associated with it. I believe that photography and poetry go together well. One form paints a visual picture while the other creates a poetic image. Together the synergy becomes very powerful. At least that is what I hope I have achieved here.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>Here is an excerpt from Poem 26. Firebird from which the cover photo is taken.</span></p><p></p>