In the stark contrast of things
beyond the darkness and light
beyond the good and bad
see something whole glowing beyond mere conflict
beyond the world of the opposites
Mayfly in June … Photo by Thomas Peace c. 2019
In the Stark Contrast of Things
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Beautiful photo and poem. 🙂
So glad that you are appreciative of both of them, Scifi! 🙂
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Spectacular wings, amazing Tom! 🙂
🙂 Yes, Marcela, and they only live one day.
Beautiful poem and photo!🙂
Very glad that you like them both, CI! Give Harper an extra hug! 🙂
Another fantastic close-up photograph of a beautiful insect
Much appreciated, Andy. 🙂 The adults are covering our house now; the adults only live for around 24 hours.
We get them here the most I have seen are around the River Stour in Dorset.
Excellent! We tend to see a world of opposites (black and white) when it is truly filled with every shade imaginable and beyond imagination.
Not merely tend to see a world of opposites, we are, for the most part, completely immersed in (and “as”) that line of thinking. It’s sad really.
Thank you, Eilene. 🙂
Tom! What an incredible shot! The poem’s really nice too, but the photograph is amazingly detailed! 😊
Thanks, about both, Sabine. 🙂 It’s the poetry and prose that is most important.
Yes, but I really do like the photo! 😉
Very intricate-looking wings you have captured for this little critter Tom. Ours started up last week, especially in St. Clair Shores … their lives are fleeting, just 24 hours and then they’re gone to Bug Heaven.
Yes, not very long by our standards, but there are creatures in the universe who would pity us for our brevity on earth… especially since the vast majority of us won’t figure out how the universe and time fundamentally operate.
Yes, sadly this is true Tom.
On my ‘About’ page on my blog, I have a little list of basic life choices, with my preferences. One basic choice I’ve listed is the one between ‘Either/Or’ and ‘Both/And.’ My choice always has been both/and, and your words here reminded me of that.
This is my first close-up of a mayfly! I like the thought-provoking poem that reminds us to see all our relations.
That’s an excellent closeup. Now we expect a junefly in July.