This piece is a collaboration created by writers and photographers from around the world. We each photographed and wrote about the beauty of our homeland. There are 14 photos, from 9 countries, and all 6 of the inhabited continents. Friends separated by 1000s of miles worked together to show that the world, in all its variety, with all its differences, truly is beautiful!
Sprinkled hoarfrost beautifies all it touches.
Icy air highlights the silence.
I stop, imagine, forget the madness,
Realize the beauty, the wonder,
and dream to keep it for eternity.
Always I thought I dreamed to see
A land that was as strange as me,
It then came clear, I am a part
Of this strange land inside my heart.
Through the woods we go,
Called by our magical land,
Where past belles still dance.
The beauty of this place
is given nature’s grace
with snow and wonders
I stand face-to-face
Sunlight through murky layers of cloud
scatters diffused light on the ground.
Winds when blow, leaves they rustle
far away from city’s hustle and bustle.
A bay, docked with boats,
Brisk air demands, people grab their coats.
A city filled with so much beauty,
Bound by a sense of honor and duty.
Displayed under broken skies
passed without a second thought
so unlike our to and from
worlds hidden within worlds
The world barely knows this side of you;
The majestic mountains, crashing shores.
Winds blow ever constant,
Weather always perfect.
One day we’ll see each other, once again.
You rhyme everything you write.
Colors are your favorite tools.
When you speak,
Melodies are all you know.
No matter how much
I wished to drown,
you’ve always pushed
me towards the shore.
And your stones
Neon gems
Still allow
Roots to take hold
Glacial erractics
Mysterious survivors of an age of ice
Our forests, fields and hearths are lined with the bones of your mountains
The New World grew up around them
Soft plantations
Asunder from the civil? No. Enraged
Emeralds border the black stone.
Oh your harsh tropical light, and your
contrasts Abounding
@lyricsbylittle - Stanza 1; Photo 11; Dąbrowa Tarnowska, Poland
@ellenya - Stanza 2; Photo 3; Wodonga, Australia
@uniquelykalene - Stanza 3; Photo 5; Louisiana, (US)
@mycosmicbackyard - Stanza 4; Photo 12; Bærum Rykkinn, Norway
@sonador-reveur - Stanza 5; Photo 2; India
@temen-ni-gru666 - Stanza 6; Photo 7; Boston, MA (US)
@cruxymox - Stanza 7; Photo 8; Concord, MA (US)
@mortalghost - Stanza 8; Photo 6; Colombia, S.A.
@behind-the-sun - Stanza 9; Photo 13; Egypt
@torrentialmonsoon - Stanza 10; Photo 9; Ontario, Canada
@just-4-thought - Stanza 11; Photo 1; Kentucky (US)
@behindthelastdoor - Stanza 12; Photo 14; New England (US)
@viridian-goose - Stanza 13; Photo 4; Florida (US)
@xxmcmcx - Photo 10; Okinawa, Japan
