“The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.”
~ Benjamin Franklin ~
Photo taken in England in June 2007.
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Posts Tagged With: Fear
the corridor
Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Bigotry, Blind Belief, Blind Faith, Blindfold, Corridor, Delusion, Fabrication, Factual, Falsehoods, Fantasy, Fear, Fiction, Gag, Hatred, Ignorance, Illusion, Intolerance, Lies, Myth, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Propaganda, Reality, Religion, Science, Superstition, Truth, Universe, Verifiable, Violence
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the next thing
“Dort wo man Bücher verbrennt,
verbrennt man auch am Ende Menschen.”
“Where they burn books, in the end they will also burn people.”
~ Heinrich Heine ~
Photo taken in Paris in May 2016.
© 2025 nightpoet all rights reserved
Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Books, Burning, Censorship, Courts, Dissent, Eyes, Fear, Hate, Journalists, Paris, Parliament, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Politics, President, Suppression
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never enough time
“There is not enough time for anything, ever.”
~ Hilton Als ~
Photo taken in March 2023.
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in the balance
“Humans are upsetting a fragile balance
that their own human ancestors established.”
~ Joan D. Vinge ~
Photo taken in February 2021.
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these dark days
“The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”
~ Plato ~
Photo taken in April 2020.
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Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Bounty, Care, Concern, Conscience, Darkness, Days, Death, Empathy, Fear, Future, Harvest, Hatred, Heart, Ignorance, Kindness, Life, Light, Limits, Love, Perspective, Photography, Plentiful, Poetry, Positive, Rich, Safe, Seeds, Shared, Sickness, Strong, Time, Understanding
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lamp
“Even a single lamp dispels the deepest darkness.”
~ Mahatma Gandhi ~
Photo of a Roman lamp taken in 2004.
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Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Archaeology, Darkness, Fear, Fire, Flame, History, Lamp, Light, Night, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Promise, Warmth
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six words
“America is the only country that went from barbarism
to decadence without civilization in between.”
~ Oscar Wilde ~
Photo of street art taken in Paris in June 2019.
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Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: America, Fear, Paris, Photography, Poetry, Street Art, Think
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the corridor
“The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.”
~ Benjamin Franklin ~
Photo taken in England in June 2007.
© 2024 nightpoet – all rights reserved
Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Bigotry, Blind Belief, Blind Faith, Blindfold, Corridor, Delusion, Fabrication, Factual, Falsehoods, Fantasy, Fear, Fiction, Gag, Hatred, Ignorance, Illusion, Intolerance, Lies, Myth, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Propaganda, Reality, Religion, Science, Superstition, Truth, Universe, Verifiable, Violence
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only one question
“In the light of all the gun violence in the USA,
I’d prefer my democracy unleaded.”
~ Jayseth Guberman ~
Photo of street art by ‘arsene‘ taken in Paris in June 2017.
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Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Abused Wives, Children, Common Sense, Compassion, Cops, Culture, Death, Empathy, Fear, Firearm, Graffiti, Guns, Homeless, Life, Morality, Paranoia, Paris, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Politicians, Politics, Poor, Question, Slaughter, Society, Street Art, The Elderly, Veterans, Violence, Why, Women
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love your world
“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”
~ Albert Einstein ~
Photo of street art by Kefran taken in Paris in June 2018.
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Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Absurdity, Arrogance, Bigotry, Copulation, Corruption, Darkness, Death, Destruction, Distrust, Extinction, Fear, Future, Greed, Hate, History, Humanity, Ignorance, Inequality, Intolerance, Irrationality, Laceration, Lies, Life, Love, Manipulation, Paris, Perspective, Perversion, Photography, Poetry, Politics, Religion, Slaughter, Street Art, Time, Violence, War
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nightmares
“Welcome to the worst nightmare of all, reality!”
~ Clive Barker ~
Photo taken in February 2005.
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Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Beasts, Consciousness, Corners, Dalliances, Dreams, Fangs, Fear, Flesh, Full Moon, Horror, Howling, Masks, Mind, Night, Nightmares, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Room, Souls
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mother necessity
“Sensuality begins where necessity ends.”
~ Lebo Grand ~
Photo of street art taken in December 2023.
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Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Alleys, Altar, Beady Eyes, Boudoir, Bouquets, Bridal, Church, Cobblestones, Crowns, Curtains, Daisies, Danced, Dawn, Deception, Dreams, Exuberance, Fear, Frustrated, Gutters, Happenstance, Horizontal, Life, Love, Morning, Necessity, Occurence, Pentecostal, Perpendicular, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Posture, Punishment, Rats, Reality, Red Roses, Sacrifice, Sin, Slivers, Thistles, Thorns, Virgins, Windows
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in the balance
“Humans are upsetting a fragile balance
that their own human ancestors established.”
~ Joan D. Vinge ~
Photo taken in February 2021.
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she shines
“Love is like the wind, you can’t see it, but you can feel it.”
~ Nicholas Sparks ~
Photo taken in April 2020.
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the corridor
“The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.”
~ Benjamin Franklin ~
Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in England in June 2007.
© 2023 nightpoet all rights reserved
Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Bigotry, Blind Belief, Blind Faith, Delusion, Digital Imagery, Fantasy, Fear, Hatred, Ignorance, Illusion, Intolerance, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Reality, Religion, Science, Superstition, Violence
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never enough time
“There is not enough time for anything, ever.”
~ Hilton Als ~
Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in March 2023.
© 2023 nightpoet – all rights reserved
Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Confidant, Digital Imagery, Emotions, Fear, Feel, Heart, Life, Love, Nothing, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Song, Soul, Time, Touch
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in the balance
“Humans are upsetting a fragile balance
that their own human ancestors established.”
~ Joan D. Vinge ~
Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in February 2021. Photo courtesy of Matschnbrei Photography GmbH.
© 2023 nightpoet – all rights reserved
Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Balance, Cold, Curtains, Digital Imagery, Distant, Fear, Gray, Hard, Indifferent, Isolation, Life, Normality, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Prison, Suspicion, Tear, Windows
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the count considers retirement
“The last I saw of Count Dracula was his kissing his hand to me,
with a red light of triumph in his eyes,
and with a smile that Judas in hell might be proud of.”
~ Bram Stoker ~
Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in October 2009.
© 2022 nightpoet – all rights reserved
Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Anger, Blood, Breasts, Digital Imagery, Dracula, Fangs, Fear, Garlic Soup, Nipples, Peasants, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Retirement, Shadows, Vampire, Virgin
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nascent
“The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say,
but what we are unable to say.”
~ Anaïs Nin ~
Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of street art taken in Paris in August 2017.
© 2022 nightpoet – all rights reserved
Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Digital Imagery, Fear, Literature, Nascent, Page, Paris, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Street Art, Words, Writing
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for all our lives
“…she pulled apart roses to appreciate the thorns……”
~ nightpoet ~
Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of street art taken in Paris in June 2019.
© 2022 nightpoet – all rights reserved
Categories: Photography, Poetry
Tags: Breath, Darkness, Death, Digital Imagery, Dust, Fear, Fester, Fixation, Life, Lives, Morning, Paris, Past, Perspective, Photography, Poetry, Rotting, Shadows, Street Art, Understanding
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