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Windows on the Plaza
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How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false or true;
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face.
W.B. Yeats, The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats

The huge round lunar clock was a gristmill. Shake down all the grains of Time - the big grains of centuries, and the small grains of years, and the tiny grains of hours and minutes - and the clock pulverized them, slid Time silently out in all directions in a fine pollen, carried by cold winds to blanket the town like dust, everywhere. Spores from that clock lodged in your flesh to wrinkle it, to grow bones to monstrous size, to burst feet from shoes like turnips. Oh, how that great machine - dispensed Time in blowing weathers.
Ray Bradbury, Farewell Summer

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::tigger3
03/05/18 1:19 PM GMT
Good one for the contest John, this looks like some of our buildings in town, and throughout the states. tigs=^..^=
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Nature in all her glory is my uplift on life and so is my love of photography. sandi ♪ ♫
.biffobear
03/05/18 1:36 PM GMT
Good entry..Those walls look old..R.
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I wish I was a Glow Worm, a Glow Worm's never glum, 'cause how can you be grumpy, when the sun shines out your bum?
::Nikoneer
03/05/18 3:27 PM GMT
Crumbling brick surfaces and edges on the foundation bricks in the building on the left, weeds sprouting up through the cracks, layer upon layer of conduit and wiring and power boxes, repointed cracks in the brick facade, debris laying here and there, paint worn by years of temperature changes and wind and rain, architectural shadows of repurposed windows, and cracks, and cracks, and more cracks... this photo literally moans of the ravages of time. I'd say good luck in the contest, John, except you really don't need it for this surefire placer.

-Nik
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.0930_23
03/05/18 3:43 PM GMT
See him wasted on the sidewalk in his jacket and his jeans,
Wearin' yesterday's misfortunes like a smile
Once he had a future full of money, love, and dreams,
Which he spent like they was goin' outta style
And he keeps right on a'changin' for the better or the worse,
Searchin' for a shrine he's never found
Never knowin' if believin' is a blessin' or a curse,
Or if the goin' up was worth the comin' down
The Pilgrim, Chapter 33-Kris Kristofferson

Good contest entry John. What few buildings are left on the square in my small town, looks a lot like your photo.

TicK


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People are like cameras--sometimes they lose focus.
.GomekFlorida
03/06/18 5:30 PM GMT
This has a New England feel to it.
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Long before the white man and long before the wheel, when the dark green forests were too silent to be real. Lightfoot 1967
.rvdb
03/10/18 9:30 AM GMT
Urban decay great work John a winner for sure.

Rob
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The reason why the sun sets in the evening is because it wants to see the sunrise in the morning. I rise in the morning because I want to see them both. RvdB
.koca
03/12/18 7:11 AM GMT
Very good entry. Excellent work.
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.icedancer
03/13/18 3:48 PM GMT
Good one for the contest my friend, Good Luck
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::Vickid
03/16/18 5:31 PM GMT
The angle, the details, and the light really grabs your interest here, exceptional composition and angle, makes all the difference. Great for the contest.
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