Reflections..... Tauranga under the Railway Bridge
An exercise to try:
Pairing unrelated poems to photographs.
The viewer is invited to make their own sense of what you are saying.
You don't have to spell everything out to your audience.
Try juxtaposing and see what happens.
If you watch animated music videos you can often see this idea at work.
An animation plays to a song and appears to have little to do with the words of the song even though it tells its own story.
Advertisers use this device to lure watchers into making favourable associations with their products on a subconscious level.
How many times have you watched clips on television with scenes that appear to have nothing on the surface to do with the thing that is being advertised?
It's a great device to prolong attention as the mind mulls over possible links.
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Following are some tanka paired with scenes near the Tauranga Rail Bridge .
See what you think.
Then go out into the field with your camera in a spot you like
Take about 60 photos and pick out your top 10.
Write short poetry underneath that look as though on the surface they aren't connected.
time does not heal all wounds
that lurk in crevices
of past memories
frenemies words
no power to derail
autumn morning
on the pathway
possum prints
in orange juice
lavender essential oils
baking soda with epsom salts
soothing tired limbs
after a day of walking
in long shadows
the squarking chorus
of hopeful seagulls
living for the moment
the couple stop eating
their oysters and chips
at lunchtime
at lunchtime
outside the closed cafe
rows of crumbling houses
devoured by
hungry waves
during lockdown
I run my tongue
over cracked molars
yet still
I suck on toffees
The high road or the low road.
i am in the library
discussing writing
with my friend
when a bull dog
of a woman
who I have avoided
for five years
for sound reasons
passes by.
Because of lock-down
kindness
I make eye contact
and smile thinking-
that's the end of it-
good deed done.
goodbye
On her lonely way out
she has the cheek
to stop to talk
after all the polluted water
that has passed
under
our bridges
while showering us
(but mostly my friend)
with pleasantries.
She parts with a toxic
judgemental jibe
leaving me
with a mouth full of
indignation and
wondering about
the wisdom of
taking the highroad
when faced with a
bulldog's bite.
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