I am present
in this photo
of an empty chair
I am still
steady and enduring
not rocking
I am the eye
that sees
an oddness, a beauty
and presents it
in a frame
to you
now you
are present
too
pic and poem by rachel mcalpine
daily prompt for Daily Post https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/present/
Poems in the wild—Rachel McAlpine 
🙂 Reminds me of a poem by one of my favorite poets, Wallace Stevens:
Theory
I am what is around me.
Women understand this.
One is not duchess
A hundred yards from a carriage.
These, then are portraits:
A black vestibule;
A high bed sheltered by curtains.
These are merely instances.
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Well, who wouldn’t be flattered to have triggered such an association!? Thanks Tom.
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A different perspective.
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Or not…
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Hey, your comment breaks the blogging protocol by telling me to visit your blog. It was flagged as suspicious: most people just delete such comments.
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I m very new to this .Don’t know about protocol.we. share similar interest of writing poem and i really liked yours
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Thank you! So here is the tip. Never ask anyone to visit your blog, let alone tell them to. If we want to, we can do it without being asked. Best of luck!
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Thanx a lot for advice.I will surely keep this in mind for next time😄
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All’s well that ends well 🙂
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How beautiful
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I love the concepts in this poem, the words bring them so clearly to the reader.
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Thank you Maggie
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