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Uploaded: 04/26/08 8:36 PM GMT
Spring and the Crabapple Tree
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“O sweet spontaneous
earth how often have
the
doting
fingers of
prurient philosophers pinched
and
poked
thee,
has the naughty thumb
of science prodded
thy beauty, how
often have religions taken
thee upon their scraggy knees
squeezing and
buffeting thee that thou mightest conceive
gods
(but true
to the incomparable
couch of death thy
rhythmic
lover
thou answerest
them
only with

Spring”
e e cummings

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::100k_xle
04/26/08 11:34 PM GMT
Excellent John.
Color and DOF are Mighty Fine.

E J
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::Jimbobedsel
04/26/08 11:50 PM GMT
I agree with Ed...the colors are fantastic. That is a really great shot. Good work, John. You just may be inspiring me to try a shot like this sometime.

Jimcan'tfindtreeslikethisherebob
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I'd rather be here, than where I'm at
::0930_23
04/26/08 11:54 PM GMT
Really good series of blossoms you had John. I thought ee cummings invented the diesel. I didn't realize he did poetry. I imagine the roots on this tree aren't nearly as deep as that poem. Eat one green if you want to pucker.

Tick
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I'll meet you at the edge of the sunlight, just behind the shadows. The Ghost
.Genver
04/27/08 12:17 AM GMT
Pretty flowers and colors,very good picture.
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::casperkate
04/27/08 12:33 AM GMT
Beautiful capture John! This is going into my faves. Just gorgeous!
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“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man” - Benjamin Franklin
.TheWhisperer
04/27/08 1:10 AM GMT
This is going straight into my fav's as well, as this is just stunningly beautiful. The colour and clarity are just perfect. This is a lovely series with these blossoms. Well done John and thank you for sharing!
Ann
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::Joanie
04/27/08 2:06 AM GMT
Oh John! These bud macros of yours are too good to be true! Just stunning once again and faved once again!
Joanie
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Life is the pits sometimes, but God and your friends are always there to help you through it.
::tigger3
04/27/08 2:24 AM GMT
Love the colors here my friend. Just so lovely.
sandi ♪ ♫
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Nature in all her glory is my uplift on life.
::cynlee
04/27/08 4:05 AM GMT
Beautiful and sensual. Maybe it's the poem, but I think it is also the wonderful deep reds agains the clear white of the background that make this just a super image. Great going here, John. Very beautiful ode to spring.
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You may lose the rights to your own art. Read MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS.
::solita17
04/27/08 4:40 AM GMT
The poem is outta sight, and, same as Cindy, I love the deep rich red of the flowers.
mary
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"If I dream I shall be real, or really myself..." Robert Penn Warren
::nigelmoore
04/27/08 8:01 AM GMT
You're going to be making crabapple jelly with all these trees you're finding. I like the colour of these blossoms, lovely deep purple.
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"The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others merely a green thing which stands in the way." William Blake
.raquel10
04/27/08 4:54 PM GMT
great shot and great poem to go along with it. Wonderful colors too. -rachel
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Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
::phasmid
04/28/08 3:29 AM GMT
Perfect combination...I'm sure old ee would be proud to be associated with this upload...I know I enjoyed the whole experience.

:)PJ
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We don’t make art to show someone what something looks like. All this requires is eyes (or a lens). Art is supposed to have meaning, emotion, power, or magic. Alan & Mario "FourThirds"
.RAPH
04/29/08 8:09 PM GMT
Thanks a lot my friend for your image and the citation. A great idea.
RAPHAEL :)
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