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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 1h

“… a poised
Dark deadly eye, those delicate legs
Triggered to stirrings beyond sense - with a start, a bounce, a stab
Overtake the instant and drag out some writhing thing.”
Ted Hughes (1960)
#photography #PotD #thrush #nature #BirdPhotography #poetry #TedHughes #mavis #Sméorach #grass #worms

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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 1d

Who could have dreamed them up? At least snails
have shells, but all these have is—nothing.
Small black antennae like fat pins wave
as if they could take in enough to get them through.
Brian Swann (2012)
#photography #slugs #mollusc #nature #PotD #poetry #Swann #macro #ferns #grasses #antennae

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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 2d

“So these stones have dismissed
All but all of evolution, unmoved by it,
As the essential life of mankind in the mass
Is the same as their earliest ancestors yet.”
Hugh MacDiarmid (1934)
#photography #Iona #stones #pebbles #poetry #MacDiarmid #PotD #Columba #Bay #silence #sea

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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 2d

Here's one of the best nature documentaries I've seen in a while:
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#Nature #Wildlife #Scotland #Haggis #animals #documentary

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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 3d

"And I'll give thee a silver pound
To row us o'er the ferry! ''
``Now, who be ye, would cross Lochgyle,
This dark and stormy weather? ''
``O, I'm the chief of Ulva's isle,
And this, Lord Ullin's daughter."
Thomas Campbell (1805)
#photography #Ulva #Scotland #landscape #poetry #Campbell #PotD

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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 4d

“This is my country,
The land that begat me.
These windy spaces
Are surely my own.
And those who here toil
In the sweat of their faces
Are flesh of my flesh,
And bone of my bone.”
Sir Alexander Gray (1928)
#photography #Mull #Scotland #landscape #poetry #Gray #PotD #Highlands #Independence

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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 5d

“How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks.”
Dorothy L. Sayers (1935)
#photography #ducks #BirdPhotography #Nature #seashore #ducklings #PotD #quotes #DortohyLSayers

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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 6d

“bookshops are
time machines
spaceships
story-makers
secret-keepers
dragon-tamers
dream-catchers
fact-finders
& safe places."
Jen Campbell (2014)
#photography #RobinHoodsBay #bookshop #books #quote #JenCampbell #lane #backstreet #alley #alleyway #reading #PotD

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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 7d

"The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be."
Anne Frank (1943)
#photography #tree #landscape #quote #AnneFrank #PotD #peace

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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 8d

"The creepers spin, devouring stone on stone;
Busy above me ravens croak and flap;"
William Hosking Oliver (2005)
#photography #vines #windows #architecture #nature #PofD #decay #ruins #NatureAndArchitecture #RusticCharm #OvergrownBeauty #HistoricWindows #StoneWall
#PhotoArt

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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 9d

“This smooth stone between my fourth and middle fingers
hangs above the board,
divines the perfect shape, swoops
onto the chosen cross. It clicks, quivers,
lost in a fresh landscape of white and black.”
John Latham (1986)
#photography #go #boardgame #stone #poetry #Lathan #PotD #Macro #game

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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 10d

“. . . And of course it rained,
the way it’s doing as I skitter up
the cleated iron of the gangway at
Fionnphort; Iona, an indecipherable
blur, a slosh of boots and oilskins,
once landed on, is even wetter."
Amy Clampitt (1987)
#photography #Fionnphort #Mull #poetry #PotD #Scotland

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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 11d

“There is in all things a pattern that is part of our universe. It has symmetry, elegance, and grace - these qualities you find always in that the true artist captures."
Frank Herbert (1965)
#photography #art #patterns #DiscoveredArt #Dune #FrankHerbert #stems #shadows #NaturesCanvas #PotD

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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 12d

“Mosses do not hurry, but instead settle into a place and make it their own. They create a world where little things thrive, a lush green universe scaled to beetles and ants.”
Robin Kimmerer (2003)
#photography #moss #lichen #QuoteOfTheDay #IsleOfIona #MacroPhotography #NaturePhotography

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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 13d

GULL

"We are the dawn marauders.
We prey on pizza. We kill kebabs.
We mug thrushes for bread crusts
with a snap of our big bent beaks."

Brian McCabe (1998)

#photography #gulls #seagull #silhouette #statue #BirdPhotography #poetry #BrianMcCabe #PotD

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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 14d

"THREE BOATS
The boat of the past sailed
To reach the Golden Shore.
The boat of the present sails
To see the Face of God.
The boat of the future shall sail
To become the Heart of God.”
Sri Chinmoy (1974)
#photography #Oban #boats #Scotland #saltire #poetry #Chinmoy #trawlers #harbour #WestCoast

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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 15d

“What are you, speckled egg-shaped stone?
You cannot speak, you cannot see
You cannot hear, but can you think?
For you seem blessed with a life of your own.”
James Reaney (1964)
#photography #light #shadow #egg #stone #poetry #Reaney #black #white #PotD #IonaAbbey

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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 16d

“There is a holiness in this cool mist
Rising like Latin plainsong from a choir
Towards the tips of Gothic lancet windows
To dispense, with silken vapor-breath,
The gentle benediction of the rain.”
Joseph S. Salemi (2024)
#photography #architecture #poetry #Salemi #PotD #gothic #abbey #window

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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 17d

"And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.”
John Masefield (1917)
#photography #boat #sea #sheep #SoundOfIona #IsleOfIona #Iona #poetry #JohnMasefield #Highlands #Scotland #Hebrides #seagulls #PotD

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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 17d

Love the effect - well captured!

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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 18d

“the sunrise glazed the barnyard mud with red
the burning puddles seemed to reassure.
And then he thought he almost might endure
his exile yet another year or more.”
Elizabeth Bishop (1950)
#photography #puddles #patterns #slabs #poetry #ElizabethBishop #PotD #discoveredart #light #reflection

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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 19d

"Overnight, very
Whitely, discreetly,
Very quietly
Our toes, our noses
Take hold on the loam,
Acquire the air.
Nobody sees us,
Stops us, betrays us;
The small grains make room."
Sylvia Plath (1959)
#photography #mushrooms #nature #autumn #grass #poetry #SylviaPlath #PotD

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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 20d

"...though you may catch
glimpses of it, now and then.
A fleeting flash of glitter,
antlers of gold
that snare the sun."
Srinjay Chakravarti (2020)
#photography #deer #stag #antlers #sculpture #poetry #Chakravarti #palace #Westminster #London #PotD

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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 21d

“The pavements glitter, the black umbrellas bloom,
The buses loom like planets in the mist,
And the clock on the Parliament tower
Strikes the hour with a hollow sound
Over the traffic and the crowd.”
Louis MacNeice (1939)
#photograph #BigBen #London #clock #tower #poetry #MacNeice #war #PotD

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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 22d

"There once was a Collie named Clyde,
Who pedalled with Collie-born pride.
But the handlebars spun,
And his journey was done—
Now he naps where the buttercups hide."
Anon
#photography #bike #collie #dog #accident #grass #limerick #PotD

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