surface deep:: black and white # 2

All eyes on the pond for a look at the forecast:: hmm, cloudy.  Though if you shift a little and look past the mirror there’s a whole world underneath that’s elusive and slippery, like the fish spawning so deceptively still in their love making huddle . .. . until you try catching one and then, ah then, there in lies the rub. Sometimes it takes attention to nuance and inflection to see past the shallows, where the threads of algae drift about.  Pond pond, what hold you there, are those fingers or are they your hair?  Tis glass.

<br />images take shape

dancing below the water

above illusion wanes

 

how now! it’s warm yet the pond seems frozen

the ice must be layers deep

the snow has melted, gone on its way

why then is the ice still asleep?

 

the ice must be layers deep

lo! it cracks at the touch of a stick

why then is the ice still asleep?

what lies at the heart of the matter?

 

lo! it cracks at the touch of a stick

there’s something clotted and cold here stuck

what lies at the heart of the matter?

let’s dig through the leaves, the mud, and muck

 

there’s something clotted and cold here stuck

two frogs in the pipe have made their house

let’s dig through the leaves, the mud, and muck

the water flows freely once more

 

two frogs in the pipe have made their house

the snow has melted, gone on its way

the water flows freely once more

how now! it’s warm yet the pond seems frozen

 

Woodland Gnome invited me to join this photo challenge, her 2nd day can be enjoyed here. Be sure to take a look around her site when you visit, it holds treasures in unexpected ways and places.

I am inviting Narami of de monte y mar to join the black and white photo challenge today. She is in Puerto Rico and I sometimes participate in her Tuesdays of Texture, which is fun.  I hope she will join the challenge!

The rules are simple:

1. On 5 consecutive days, create a post using either a past or recent photo in black and white.
2. Each day invite another blogging friend to join in the fun.

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