I always look forward to joining Frizztext’s A-Z Photo Challenge as it provides me with the perfect excuse to go over our huge database of photographs and sift through the ones I would be sharing with all of you. Letter this week is H and I have chosen the theme Heart. I have taken this picture when we were out hiking at Pulau Ubin here in Singapore.
H is for Heart
As I looked at this photograph, I felt that there was something truly special about it – poetic even, with the aching spaces within created by time and the lonely pebbles that surround this heart-shaped leaf, strewn about and forgotten on the ground. I invite you, dear friends, to share a story, a song, a poem that you feel would be perfect for such a picture. Meanwhile, here is a poem by Ellen Bass that I felt captured the photo’s gritty vibe.
The Thing Is
by Ellen Bass
to love life, to love it even
when you have no stomach for it
and everything you’ve held dear
crumbles like burnt paper in your hands,
your throat filled with the silt of it.
When grief sits with you, its tropical heat
thickening the air, heavy as water
more fit for gills than lungs;
when grief weights you like your own flesh
only more of it, an obesity of grief,
you think, How can a body withstand this?
Then you hold life like a face
between your palms, a plain face,
no charming smile, no violet eyes,
and you say, yes, I will take you
I will love you, again.
Gathering Books 
I loved the photo — it was very poetic. Loved the space and texture behind the leaf. If you stare at the background for a few minutes images of people with expressions jump out at you as if they are all reaching for the heart. Great pick.
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Hi Pat, I’m glad you like it. This is one of my favorite pictures from that hike. Very poignant.
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a heart “with the aching spaces within created by time…”
– thanks for the clear illustration!
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Hi Frizz, it’s my pleasure. As you said, photography is an art that inspires even more art forms. 🙂
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What a photo and I love your interpretation.
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Hi TBM. Definitely one of my favorite pictures too.
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something interesting, appealing about the photo
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Hi, I’m glad that you found it so. 🙂 Thanks for the visit. 🙂
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A wonderful photo and a wonderful poem.
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What a beautiful way to interpreter heart! Love the photo of the leaf.
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