Street Art, Paris: Snail on Wall

A colourful snail on a wall,  near the Gare du Nord, Paris.

Nets And Knots: Poem

Nets and Knots

Nets and knots, knots and nets.


Away from the shore, away from land
Into the mist and sea

Living, living and trying to be.


I am not a knot in a net
A knot I am not.



But, yet all I saught

Taught me naught

Life was a lesson, a reason

A long way have I come.



Nets and knots

Knots and nets.

Away from what I wanted to be

Just fishing on a lonely blue sea.



Copyright: Rani Turton

Tweet, tweet, birdie!

Street artist's conception of a tweeting bird!

Instants: Poem

INSTANTS


These fragments of time
Dewdrops in an oasis of a lifetime
Distance, duration and enduring

Instants transfixed by memory
Transferred to the mind and brain
These moments of memorizing who
What why when where

Life flows on, and episodes blend into episodes
Chapters begin, end, pause;
Instants of grace, intense and fleeting
Love heals all, even by a chance meeting.

Copyright:: Rani Turton

Bit of Moon, Bit of Roof, Leaves: Photograph

A bit of roof, the moon in daylight and some leaves...a strange tableau.

At Sunset, Today

At Sunset, Today


At sunset, today when the sky turns red
When clouds, try to veil the sky; when birds nest
And are too tired to fly


When workers, tired, straggle back home
And school has closed for the day
And in houses the curtains are drawn


When lights spring into life
And the spirit, tranquil, reflects
On the events of the day


At sunset, today, when the sky turns red
Father, grant everyone his daily bread.

Copyright: Rani Turton

Street Art

Taken on a wall in a Parisian suburb, France.

Spices

Spice stall at a local night market, at Delhi.