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When My Nikon Died
I kept the inner workings,
kept the plastic furniture
while it cracked
into multidimensional bones.
I kept (in part),
the whir of its mirroring mind.

Of course, the viewer has dimmed out
nothing in the camera fully develops,
yet images emerge.

I can catch the blurry taillights of stars,
find my way through a long-burnt...

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Categories: nikon, poetry,
Form: Free verse
When My Nikon Died
I kept its funnel-cloud eyes.
I kept the inner workings.
Kept the plastic furniture 
while it cracked
into multidimensional bones.
I kept the whir of its mirroring mind.

A shutter undrapes shadows.
A shabby couch on a dusty porch,
still plays bluegrass though
a fish-eye lens.
Dancers in Beijing seep
out of digital skins.

Of course...

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Categories: nikon, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Nikon Fever
Ever since it came to me
my Nikon has been doing stupid things.

It has hung from cliff edges
just to capture an image of a small lizard
I could have photographed in my backyard.
Its gazed at clouds until imagined
dragons chased swans over the heavens
knowing all the while
that its...

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Categories: nikon, poetry,
Form: Free verse

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Premium Member My Nikon
Like my innate need for eating
Walking, sleeping, and waking
Photography seemed inborn in me.
My heart and mind could make it free.
Clicking photographs of black and white
With a Click-III, a camera, very light.
I found Isoly II cheap and best.
I used it for a long , with ardent...

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Categories: nikon, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse

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