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Hugo Simberg (1873 – 1917) was a Finnish symbolist painter and graphic artist. The Wounded Angel is one of the most recognizable of Simberg's works, and was voted Finland's "national painting" in 2006  Read more
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Early in the morning,
hours before the dawn,
when your sleep filled body,
is in a state of yawn.
To be amongst the living,
for today and well beyond,
will be a life's beginning
as we continue to carry on.

Solitary birch tree (Betula pendula) on a hill near Ilsfeld, Germany. Photo taken in January 2021 during sunset.
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Mystic nights,
a purple dawn,
one more day,
this land beyond
and then I
think of you.

Forever were the Lillies,
growing near garden path.
Surrounded by Primrose blooms,
defying the Winters wrath.

Where there once was joy,
a new sadness resides.
The hardest of life's moments
have turned to the gloomy side.

The Palpa Lines, discovered in 1997, are located north of the better known Nazca Lines on the south coastal desert of Peru. They are believed to be part of the Paracas Culture (800 BCE – 100 BCE) and to pre-date the Nazca Lines.

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It was such a fitting surprise
to see the candlelight glints,
in your beautiful eyes,
of brown with golden tints.

How foolish we were
when we were young.
We wanted adventure,
but we wouldn't succumb,
to the rules of adults.
Is someone here dumb?
We wanted to play,
from morning to dusk,
for we were immortal,
having God's trust.
It is the way in life,
until we happen to see,
what happens to friends,
more reckless than we.

Don Smith Photography www.donsmithphotography.com
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