Photography and Poems!

Just yesterday I found one of my aunties old poem books and found a poem she had marked. It's called: The Hand That Signed The Paper by Dylan Thomas and is out of the Junior Poetry Workshop (edited by N. Russell and H.J. Chatfield)

The Hand That Signed The Paper

The hand that signed the paper felled a city; Five sovereign fingers taxed the breath, Doubled the globe of dead and halved a country; These five kings did a king to death.

The mighty hand leads to a sloping shoulder, The finger joints are cramped with chalk; A goose's quill has put an end to murder That put an end to talk.

The hand that signed the treaty bred a fever, And famine grew, and locusts came; Great is the hand that holds dominion over Man by a scribbled name.

The five kings count the dead but do not soften The crusted wound nor pat the brow; A hand rules pity as a hand rules heaven; Hands have no tears to flow.

-- Dylan Thomas

I don't know why, I just really like it, maybe because it is realistic...Anyway I have decided to read the the Junior Poetry Workshop and find some more poems!

I've also found another photographer who has striked my fancy; Eugene Atget. I absolutley love his street photography and the depth and detail in his photos. Here are some of his workings;

All for now...

Cake X