Not for your eyes

Todays Prompt: Vanity

Mirrors!
Vanity!
What do I see?
They call me ugly
they call me scary
they call me hairy
What do I see?

Mirrors!

Vanity?
What do I see?
I see strong legs
I see a true heart
I see all of me
What do I see?

Mirrors!

Vanity?
What do YOU see?
I am me
I am with you
see all of me
What do YOU see?
Mirrors.

Beware the following photo contains a spider about the size of your hand

Poetic – with apologise to TS Elliot

Debbie’s One Word Sunday: Poetic

Debbie illustrated her stanza of TS Elliot’s The Waste Land poem beautifully with references to Margate. The name reference made me laugh as I had just read another reason that he added an S to his name. As I am not English and don’t have a vast amount of photos from my times in England to illustrate my post, I shall have to with what I have here.

From the same poem, which has many stanzas, I have chosen this stanza and I feel my photo may be an Aussie interpretation. You have to know a bit about Australian insects and their behaviour to fully understand the part of the poem and my photo interpretation. All works well up to the last line. For those who could be unaware of my liking for all things in nature and could have an aversion to spiders, perhaps read the wonderful verse but proceed no further or as I would like, that you do have a quick peek to understand my reasoning for including this photo to match the poem.

“She turns and looks a moment in the glass,
Hardly aware of her departed lover;
Her brain allows one half-formed thought to pass:
“Well now that’s done: and I’m glad it’s over.”
When lovely woman stoops to folly and
Paces about her room again, alone,
She smoothes her hair with automatic hand,
And puts a record on the gramophone.”

Here is the full poem if you may be interested https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47311/the-waste-land

If you have any questions why I used the photo and how it matched the words, just send me a comment please

Shiny reflections and shadows

Photo a Week Challenge: Shiny
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Reflections or Shadows

Mirror Images or Reflection

Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge: Mirror or Reflection

This post contains an image of a spider – for those who don’t like spiders

 

The old Volkswagen hub cap
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Looking across the street
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The Huntsman Spider takes a good look at herself
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I can’t help myself when there is a mud puddle around.
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A sunset
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