The Swan
The Swan
Did you too see it, drifting, all night, on the black river?
Did you see it in the morning, rising into the silvery air
An armful of white blossoms,
A perfect commotion of silk and linen as it leaned
into the bondage of its wings; a snowbank, a bank of lilies,
Biting the air with its black beak?
Did you hear it, fluting and whistling
A shrill dark music - like the rain pelting the trees like a waterfall
Knifing down the black ledges?
And did you see it, finally, just under the clouds
A white cross Streaming across the sky, its feet
Like black leaves, its wings
Like the stretching light of the river?
And did you feel it, in your heart, how it pertained to everything?
And have you too finally figured out what beauty is for?
And have you changed your life?
by Mary Oliver
6 responses
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Reza Payami gave props (5 Oct 2008):
Beautiful.
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david ong gave props (5 Oct 2008):
stunner!
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Ognjen Karabegović gave props (28 Oct 2008):
Fantastic.
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Paula Aparicio said (28 Oct 2008):
Hi, im new here, and my english is not so good so i wish you understand me...
First of all, i like a lot this swan shot, the colours, the move on the swan, oh! and the place, it´s like a dreem or something like that.
I like evrething in this photography, that littles 2 birds too!
And all that blue...
For finish, the is a song in spanish of Charly García - SUI GENERIS - calls "Un hada un cisne" ("A fairy a swan"), well i think this photography has the magic of that song.
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Annie Maldonado gave props (28 Oct 2008):
Magic Moment. I agree with Maria A opinion
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Liisa Roberts gave props (1 Nov 2008):
This is dreamy and magical.. beautiful colors
