ARTISAN OF WORDS


I am an artisan of words
Which I sculpt, chisel and fashion the way I can;
I am a creator of worlds;
I pour my emotion into the poems I write.
I breathe life into them, blow them skywards
And finish them only when they sound right.

These remnants of thought without reason
Will remain on pages season after season
Long after I'm gone; when my task is done
The love, the longing, the pain
Will be evoked then by somebody else
Who in turn will remember and write again
To create another slow soft song
That people can read and draw into their hearts
Then pillowed by words, cushioned by dreams
My poems will ride high the moonbeams.



Copyright: Rani Turton 2007


Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Revelations, Sobering: Poem



















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Revelations, Sobering

I was only one more pebble on the shore.
I was only one more star in the sky.
When the eternal wind, cosmic or terrestrial
Stellar or sober, blew, blew like the last call
I was the cosmic dust and the desert gloom

The drops of rain that splatter on city sidewalks
The waves that slowly claim the beaches
The lunar tides, the birds last songs
The time to come, the moments gone by.

Glimpse this instant of life
My window is the world
The bread I eat, the hand I hold,
The love in my eyes will tell the ocean's gaze
Life has to be lived with intensity
I am one with the world's density.

Monday, May 18, 2009

Green Guitarist, Gagny, France
























A guitarist of an unusual kind...

Friday, May 15, 2009

Unusual Post Office, France















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Quite an unusual sight in France, that of clothes drying in the sun above the Post Office. Rather endearing, in fact.


Thursday, May 14, 2009

The Rose and the Shadow: Poem

The Rose and the Shadow
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The rose spoke o the shadow:
"But why do you follow me?"
The shadow replied, "Never have I seen
A beauty to rival with thee."
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The rose blushed in confusion
And didn't know what to say
The shadow, courteously said:
"Let me stay near you if I may".
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"It is only by your substance
That I may take form
Your very existence enables me
To exist and perform."
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The rose and the shadow thus
Became the closest of friends
From sunrise to sunset
The shadow the rose defends.
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Copyright: Rani Turton
All rights reserved

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Eiffel Tower Behind Trees, Paris



















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The Eiffel Tower behind trees on a rather misty day. It looked poetic.

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Speak to Me Softly: Poem

SPEAK TO ME SOFTLY
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Speak to me, then, softly and low
Speak to me about all the places that you've known
Tell me about your life and why
Your eyes, your hands, your face
Reminds me of things long gone by
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Speak to me then, about your feelings and fears
I'll listen, I promise, I never will stop
Your flow of words, the timbre of your voice
Gives me shivers and leaves me no choice
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Speak to me then about passion and pain
And I will listen until it is dawn again
Your voice is so low, so beautiful, so grave
It sets alight the stars in the night;
Your voice is what when the years spin by
The missing substance that I will crave;
Your voice will bring the tears to my eyes
Years later at every sunrise.
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Copyright: Rani Turton

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Puss and the Paparazzi



















Kitty was definitely protesting against the flashes of the paparazzi. Oh, the complications of a cat's life!

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Old Peugeot Bumper
























An old Peugeot bumper at a car show.

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Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Blazing Suns Once Blackened Me: Poem















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Blazing Suns Once Blackened Me

Blazing suns once blackened me
My soul was light
I watched the moon dancing
With the clouds at night

Cold winter wind bleached me
That was my misery
My soul became dark
A sad lonely destiny

I whispered and moaned
My life seemed thus sealed
My mind fled thither
Into wounds never healed

Copyright: Rani Turton

Thursday, April 16, 2009

La Maison Lavirotte, Paris














La Maison Lavirotte, designed by Jules Lavirotte in 1901, in the style Art Deco,is situated at 29 Avenue Rapp and is definitely worth a look; it is a feast for the eyes. The details are seemingly endless, and through various designs, the floors form a harmonious whole.