Oklahoma

A couple weeks ago I had the privilege of visiting the great state of Oklahoma. Upon arrival I was greeted with a tornado warning. As terrifying and destructive as that might have been to experience, the Dorthy in me wanted to have a Wizard of Oz photo shoot and see a real tornado. (I know, wrong state, but close enough) The warnings remained simply warnings and Tornado Alley was calm aside from a little lightning. I was blessed with a magnificent sky to photograph. The following day was on it's best behavior and it was perfect weather for Oklahoma in May.

"For My Heart"

Poem by one of my favorite poets, Pablo Neruda titled “For My Heart” and in Spanish ... “Para mi corazón basta tu pecho”

XII (from Twenty Love Poems)


Your breast is enough for my heart,
and my wings for your freedom.
What was sleeping above your soul will rise
out of my mouth to heaven.

In you is the illusion of each day.
You arrive like the dew to the cupped flowers.
You undermine the horizon with your absence.
Eternally in flight like the wave.

I have said that you sang in the wind
like the pines and like the masts.
Like them you are tall and taciturn,
and you are sad, all at once, like a voyage.

You gather things to you like an old road.
You are peopled with echoes and nostalgic voices.
I awoke and at times birds fled and migrated
that had been sleeping in your soul.

The above poem was translated by W. S. Merwin