Best Photographer Poems

It can be an orchard with peach trees against patches of blue 
as they swerve downhill and meet the foaming sea,
see him capture an indelible moment after
moment until he's amazed by that wonder
to have captured a breathtaking view...
which will be eternally frozen in his memory.



A...

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For all those who’ve been captured by my camera lens,
I wish we could do it all over again.  
But time waits for no one despite what we see,
In images made of you and me.

In the snap of a shutter or the blink of an...

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Look Here
My Deer...

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It may be just a portion
Perhaps a small detail
To get your fire scorching
Or lift your deceiving veil

One tenth of a second
The pressure of my finger
A tangible gift beckoned
It will forever linger

My quirkiness is a blessing
Oddness birthed beauty
Ingredients in my dressing
Don't harm, but rather suit me

I...

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The Stranger and the Photographer
By: Inaam Al-Hashimi  (Gold_N_Silk)
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Sunshine in his eyes
A smile on his face
Dust on his hair
And on his eyebrows

Like a lone ranger 
From outer space
Who crossed the desert
Riding the wind,
Not a horse!
And after his journey,
To rest his head,
He found a place.

Everyone was...

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Skies gray and rains blow;
Trees sway and creak like old stairs.
Thunder rolls and booms.

The den lights go out.
On the brown faux leather couch
Kids crowd together.

Whites of their eyes show.
"Shush! God is doing his work,"
Grandparents tell them.

Lightning bolt flashes,
Illuminates the front yard
And freezes the scene

Framed by...

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Get the light just right
The sun is blinding
First shot too bright
Let's try rewinding

In the shade
What a bore
"Is this the sherade
I'm paying for?"

Lighting is dim
Dial down the shutter
On a whim
Don't dare flutter

If you can be still
As can I 
We can finish this deal
Before I cry

8 people...

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My job, my passion 
A gift to mankind
What better, a purchase 
Than To rewind time

We have a secret
Unknown by majority 
We capture the moments
Naked eyes can't see

There is invisible beauty
Only artists can notice
It lies in perception 
Point of focus

My camera, an instrument
Uncanny sight
It sees what...

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Funeral song put us as a wedding photographer
Photos making popane us in that Golden October
And 40 nights, like on top of them we counted some chronograph
Swirled snowflakes of care under the waltzes in your head

Who said it had to be this way and such terms
But...

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I photograph the violence but am not part of it:
Machine guns point like the cypress trees.
They drop for a moment ready to erect,
at the charge of desire
they burst into fire.

I photograph not only the cruelty but the sorrow,
the silent anguish of the lost and displaced.
A...

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despite the fact that such a skill has been overrun by the
digital cams at home, the PC that can pump out the cheaper pics that are so clear
that one wonders why they ever paid another to
prop them up against a hanging piece of old felt
squashed...

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She’s an artist of word and rhyme
He’s an artist of capturing time
She weaves lines creating emotion
He stills a moment in motion

He brings her into focus
She likens him to a crocus
They dance in monorhyme
The lighting is perfectly prime

He caresses her with long exposure
Her pen bleeds of...

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Just give me an aperture 
and a shutter speed too
with a bright viewfinder
and a good lens or two.

I’ll take some pictures
in fact quite a few 
I will almost certainly
take a picture of you.

But not just anyhow
I like to take my time
It has to be a...

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For my son Paul
I'm so proud of you
Growing up in a small little town
Now look at what you do.

You walk the Red Carpet
Party with all the bands
Never miss an awards show
Backstage passes always in your hands

You've met all the movie stars
Multiple web sites to sell...

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Nature’s Photographer


Heaven’s water-tanks roll loud on each cloud
At beats of drum pounding each lonely heart
Rain heavily bursts in great rhythms, so proud
Wind sways abruptly with billowing skirt

Cloudburst’s grand orchestra plays at dark sky
Thirsty trees raise arms at marvelous sight
Birds in dense leaves watch, no attempt...

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