The Art of Poetry – The Wonder of Writing Senryū – Exploring Life’s Challenges – Fear and Uncertainty – Poetic Reflection – Insights – From Fear’s Pained Shadows – A Poem by Goff James – Quotations

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.

Helen Keller

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Image Prompt – Senryū Poem – From Fear’s Pained Shadows

Poetry, Senryū, Poem, Poet, Goff James.
From fear’s pained shadows
Life’s uncertainties blossom
Time’s river flows on

Poem Attribution – Goff James – From Fear’s Pained Shadows

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Life is rarely about what happened; it’s mostly about what one thinks happened.

Chuck Klosterman,

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Spotlight Photography – Exploring the Enduring Joy of Flowers – Sky-blue – Nature -Celebrating the Beauty and Inspiration of Flowers – Viewpoint – Shaping Perception and Perspective – The Photographer’s Artistic Visual World – Without Words – A Photo by Goff James – Quotations

The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great Whole, of whom they have a persistent intuition. 

Honoré de Balzac

Photo Attribution – Goff James – Without Words 612 – 2026 

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Flowers just open up and turn toward the light and that makes them beautiful.

Jim Carrey

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The Art of Poetry – The Wonder of Writing Haiku – Nature – Curlew – Poetic Reflection – Insights – Across the Marshes – A Poem by Goff James – Quotations

It’s late this year, the curlew’s crescendo – that gathering call, swelling the falling over green-gold marshes.

Barbara Hickson

The image depicts a lone curlew walking at dawn across watery marshland.

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Image Prompt – Haiku Poem – Across the Marshes

Poetry, Haiku, Poem, Poet, Goff James.
Across the marshes 
The cry of the curlew heard
Dawn’s fragrance sun-blessed

Poem Attribution – Goff James – Across the Marshes

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Curlew or whaup? Which is it to me? The English of books or the fading Scots, maybe closer to the bird’s wild home? Textbook reality or romantic poetry? Or both…

Alan McClure

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The Art of Poetry – The Wonder of Writing Senryū – Exploring Dreams – Poetic Reflection – Insights – Night’s Mansion Star-gemmed – A Poem by Goff James – Quotations

A dream one dreams alone is only a dream. A dream one dreams together is reality.

Yoko Ono

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Image Prompt – Senryū Poem – Night’s Mansion Star-gemmed

Poetry, Senryū, Poem, Poet, Goff James.
Night’s mansion star-gemmed
Love’s past whispers her secrets
Dream half-dreamed dissolve

Poem Attribution – Goff James – Night’s Mansion Star-gemmed 

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Dalai Lama

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Showcase Art – Abstract Exploration – Influence and Evolution – Landscape – A Changing Role – Trees – Embracing the Beauty of Nature – Exploring Nature’s Soul – Colour and Form – A Creative Journey – The Power of Imagination – Contemporary Perspective – The Wildwood 3 – A Painting by Goff James – Quotations

The shape of art and its role in society is constantly changing.

Raymond Salvatore Harmon

The abstract image depicts a flowing pattern of tree trunks, branches and leaves creating a sense of vibrant colour, pattern and form juxtaposed against each other.

Painting Attribution – Goff James – The Wildwood 3 – 2026

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Just as pure abstract art is not dogmatic, neither is it decorative.

Piet Mondrian

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The Art of Poetry – The Wonder of Writing Senryū – Embracing the Rain – Umbrellas – The Beauty of Rainy Moments – Reflection – Insights – Poetic Perspective – Raincoats Buttoned Tight – A Poem by Goff James – Quotations

The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Image Prompt – Senryū Poem – Raincoats Buttoned Tight

Poetry, Senryū, Poem, Poet, Goff James.
Raincoat buttoned tight
Umbrellas unfurled blossom
Rushing to get home

Poem Attribution – Goff James – Raincoat Buttoned Tight

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A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in.

Frederick the Great

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The Art of Poetry – The Wonder of Writing Senryū – Finding Beauty in Chaos – Embracing Change – Reflection – Insights – Poetic Journey – Yesterday’s Chaos – A Poem by Goff James – Quotations

Life is what one makes of it.

Fernando Pessoa

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Image Prompt – Senryū Poem – Yesterday’s Chaos

Poetry, Senryū, Poem, Poet, Goff James.
Yesterday’s chaos
Bound deep within today
Tomorrow’s voice speaks

Poem Attribution – Goff James – Yesterday’s Chaos

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It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.

Charles Darwin

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Art Music Photography Poetry Quotations

Spotlight Photography – Riverscape – Weir – Fish Pass – Seeing the Extraordinary – Beyond the Lens – Capturing Moments – Exploring the World – Imagination – Light – Crafting Unique Perspectives – Viewpoint – Shaping Perception – The Power of Photography – Photography Insights – Without Words – A Photo by Goff James – Quotations 

David Bailey

Photography Attribution – Goff James – Without Words 612 – 2026

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Photography is not about cameras, gadgets and gizmos. Photography is about photographers. A camera doesn’t make a great picture any more than a typewriter/computer writes a great novel.

Peter Adams

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The Art of Poetry – The Wonder of Writing Senryū – Murder and Mystery – The Unexpected – Exploring Life and Death – Reflection – Insights – Poetic Journey – Night Peals Twelve O’clock – A Poem by Goff James – Quotations

Murder is always a mistake – one should never do anything one cannot talk about after dinner.

Oscar Wilde

The image depicts a shaft of moonlight penetrating through an opening large two winged wooden door and descending down a long flight of stone steps hemmed with high walls..

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Image Prompt – Senryū Poem – Night Peals Twelve O’clock

Poetry, Senryū, Poem, Poet, Goff James.
Night peals twelve o’clock
At the bottom of the stairs
The smell of murder

Poem Attribution – Goff James – Night Peals Twelve O’clock

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One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedly, as in life.

Alfred Hitchcock

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The Art of Poetry – The Joy and Wonder of Writing Senryū – Embracing and Exploring the Magic of Romance – Love Letter to the Moon – Reflection – Insights – Poetic Journey – Nights Cling Long and Chilled – A Poem by Goff James – Quotations

If one day the moon calls you by your name don’t be surprised, because every night I tell her about you.

Shahrazad al-Khalij

The surreal fantasy image depicts  the silhouette of young woman illuminated by the moon and stars. Her hair dances in the breeze.In her hand she holds a band of swirling golden coloured ribbon.

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Image Prompt – Senryū Poem – Romance Starlight Crowned

Poetry, Senryū, Poem, Poet, Goff James.
Romance starlight crowned
Moonlight’s voice jubilant peals
Sing sing sing sweet love

Poem Attribution – Goff James – Romance Starlight Crowned 

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I fell in love the way one falls asleep: slowly, and then all at once.

John Green

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