(I’m exploring poetry through images by tapping into the extensive collection of the Library of Congress on Flickr. There are some amazing images shared with the public and more coming every month or two, it seems. What can inspire you? Be sure to cite where you got the image from. Use Alan Levine’s Flickr Attribution tool and your life is a breeze.)
flickr photo shared by The Library of Congress with no copyright restriction (Flickr Commons)
Imagine the noise
if you stood
inside this antenna
and opened your ears
to the world.Close your eyes
and listen, if you can,
and be patient, as your mind
puts frequencies into
patterns.Somewhere, out there,
in some far-off place,
someone else is listening, too,
and all you need to do istune in.
Process Note: What I noticed first with this image is the wide open space behind the man and his radio device. Also, the large box antenna pulls in radio signals. I tried to move the poem beyond the man and his radio apparatus … to more of the idea of all of us, slowing down and listening to the world.
Peace (in all frequencies),
Kevin
Kevin- Like you, I am fascinated by the makeup of this photograph. I wonder where this man is, that he has ALL that skyspace behind him. Your ideas, too, of opening your ears to the entire world, of listening for patterns, of mind/heart aligning with another listener — ummm, those just kind of blows me away this morning. Wow!
Thanks.
That’s the power of poetry, Carol.
Kevin
Like the radio waves in All the light we cannot see!