New Haiku

Softened lips
I feel yours with my
fingertips

365 - An exercise in self-love

Lately, I've been toying with the idea of doing a 365 project. It's a major undertaking and I'm really awful about commitments RE: Self Betterment (remember that New Years Resolution about going to the gym every day? ...Me either). But I'm going to give myself the benefit of the doubt this time. I've been brainstorming for quite a while know. All these odd and end ideas in my head will find themselves a home in my 365 project.
WHY? you may ask... well, first and foremost, the reason anyone does it, in my opinion, is pure and simple narcissism. The need to have other people recognize how beautiful and amazing you are in body and skill. It about loving yourself. Fringe benefits being nostalgia and honing of photography skills.

Find my project at www.flickr.com/photos/genevievegood

I've been writing a lot of haikus

Growing up
Is getting me down
Now and then

Another, Shorter Haiku for You

Orange-blue light
Droplets of dew shine
On my skin

Haiku for You

I drifted to sleep

In your dirty red t-shirt

Engulfed in your scent

Ellen Von Unwerth

Model turned photographer who captures provocative images of her subjects without making them sex objects. Earned her stripes photographing Claudia Schiffer for Guess. I love the way her work has evolved over time.

Body Below

There's a story I could tell
When the cold wind starts to blow
Like a whisper in the night
From a friend that you know

It says "keep holding on
To my body below
Forsake me not,
Don't ever leave me alone"

There was a time when the sun
Gave it's life to the trees
And the air it smelled sweeter
For the honey & the bees

The ocean rolled salty
& wild & free
The fruit swelled & ripened
& burst with their seeds

But what starts with desire
Can turn into need
The chest gets all tight
Like it's got some disease

What burns in the fire
Just ends up as coals
What floats on the water
Can sink like a stone

Now i want to believe
Every word that you say
I want you to need me
To not go away

Have trust in the nighttime
& faith in the day
To walk on the water
Be never afraid

Can you bear it upon you?
My love has gone under
Above all the stars
Have forgotten to glow

But if you keep holding on to
My body below you
I'll warm you & keep you
From feeling alone