{"id":2558,"date":"2014-04-04T14:14:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T14:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=2558"},"modified":"2026-01-15T17:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:24:16","slug":"poems-and-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=2558","title":{"rendered":"Poems and Pictures….."},"content":{"rendered":"

When I need a lift, I often turn to poetry or photography. We went out last Sunday to buy electrical adaptors so we could plug our phones and computers into French outlets, while on vacation – The French Connections, maybe. Fortunately the owner of The Travel Store on Cumberland knew which one(s) we needed from the dizzying array of prongs.<\/p>\n

Did you know that France prefers a two pronged adaptor, while Italy likes a three pronged one? It might be right up there with extra virgin olive oil. Anyway, since we have two three-pronged ones, we decided to buy two two-pronged ones – this could also be the lyrics of a song – “The harmony of Harmonization” or not as the case may be \ud83d\ude42 We have taken power bars in the past to avoid this prong overload, but we blew every circuit we used in Italy, even though they (power bars) had worked in Spain.<\/p>\n

But I digress – back to the poems and photography!! It was a mild, but grey day. I took my camera to alleviate some of the gloom by taking pictures. Here’s one.<\/p>\n

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\nIt’s a little odd. The tree behind the building actually looks as though it’s growing out of the roof. I liked it because it was different. I need to change up the ordinary ever once in a while.<\/p>\n

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\nI also liked the spots of colour against the grey trees and equally grey building – warm for so many reasons.<\/p>\n

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\nThis looks so European. There were some really pretty places in Toronto before the high rises came.<\/p>\n

These are the pictures and this is the poem.<\/p>\n

\nLitany<\/h2>\n
\n
\n
\nYou are the bread and the knife,
\nThe crystal goblet and the wine…
\n-Jacques Crickillon<\/p>\n

You are the bread and the knife,
\nthe crystal goblet and the wine.
\nYou are the dew on the morning grass
\nand the burning wheel of the sun.
\nYou are the white apron of the baker,
\nand the marsh birds suddenly in flight.<\/p>\n

However, you are not the wind in the orchard,
\nthe plums on the counter,
\nor the house of cards.
\nAnd you are certainly not the pine-scented air.
\nThere is just no way that you are the pine-scented air.<\/p>\n

It is possible that you are the fish under the bridge,
\nmaybe even the pigeon on the general’s head,
\nbut you are not even close
\nto being the field of cornflowers at dusk.<\/p>\n

And a quick look in the mirror will show
\nthat you are neither the boots in the corner
\nnor the boat asleep in its boathouse.<\/p>\n

It might interest you to know,
\nspeaking of the plentiful imagery of the world,
\nthat I am the sound of rain on the roof.<\/p>\n

I also happen to be the shooting star,
\nthe evening paper blowing down an alley
\nand the basket of chestnuts on the kitchen table.<\/p>\n

I am also the moon in the trees
\nand the blind woman’s tea cup.
\nBut don’t worry, I’m not the bread and the knife.
\nYou are still the bread and the knife.
\nYou will always be the bread and the knife,
\nnot to mention the crystal goblet and–somehow–the wine. <\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\nBilly Collins<\/div>\n
\nI think that I need to do another post, maybe tomorrow on this poem, because I know that I am the bare creaking branches and the spot of red on the corner. Please tell me what you are.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nHave a wonderful day!!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I need a lift, I often turn to poetry or photography. We went out last Sunday to buy electrical adaptors so we could plug our phones and computers into French outlets, while on vacation – The French Connections, maybe. Fortunately the owner of The Travel Store on Cumberland knew which one(s) we needed from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2559,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry","category-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2558"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2562,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2558\/revisions\/2562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}