I stumbled upon a book today that instantly touched me... to the point where I sat there and read it cover to cover. Sitting in the isle at Barnes and Nobles sipping on my cappuccino. Mind you, its a small book...only 105 pages. This little gem is called "10 Poems to Change Your Life." When I finished, I thought it would be a brilliant project to make out of. (1) photo for each poem. I pick the poem randomly (as I have already read the book),wait 24 hrs and then take a photo to match.

The first Poem in the book is poetic, pun intended, touches me deeply...as a resounding call to new life after a tragic separation.


Sonnets to Orpheus Part Two, XII by Rainer Maria Rilke

Want the change. Be inspired by the flame
Where everything shines as it disappears.
The artist, when sketching, loves nothing so much
as the curve of the body as it turns away.

What locks itself in sameness has congealed.
Is it safer to be gray and numb?
What turns hard becomes rigid
and is easily shattered.

Pour yourself like a fountain.
Flow into the knowledge that what you are seeking
finishes often as the start, and, with ending, begins.

Every happiness is the child o a seperation
it did not think it could survive. And Daphne,
becoming a laurel,
dares you to becom the wind.


sigh,
J