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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦

@mistercorzi.bsky.social
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A daily photo & poem. Occasionally a post on Maths, Science, Arts or Politics thrown in. It would be best if Scotland was Independent once again. All photos are mine (unless otherwise stated). www.youtube.com/channel/UCz63LRb-_G…

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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 19m
"The half-stripped trees struck by a wind together, bending all, the leaves flutter drily and refuse to let go or driven like hail stream bitterly out to one side and fall" William Carlos Williams (1921) #photography #Autumn #leaves #PotD #poetry #poem #Williams #copper #Fall #brittle
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
"I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams; I bear light shade for the leaves when laid In their noonday dreams." P.B.Shelley (1820) #photography #sky #clouds #BlueSky #PotD #poetry #poem #Shelley #Umbellifers #outline
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
"Count the white horses you meet on the way, Count the white horses, child, day after day, Keep a wish ready for wishing - if you Wish on the ninth horse, your wish will come true." Eleanor Farjeon (2014) #photography #horse #PotD #poem #poet #Farjeon #WhiteHorse #animal #green #wood
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Good morning! Here's some Spring nostalgia: "And since to look at things in bloom Fifty springs are little room, About the woodlands I will go To see the cherry hung with snow." A E Housman (1896) #photography #CherryBlossom #Spring #PotD #poetry #poem #Housman #blossom #CherryTree
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"Words meet water and run with muddy meaning, the pigeon, light on its shoulders, is a clean answer to the body - space emerges around its flight" Sarah Westcott (2020) #photography #pigeon #WoodPigeon #PotD #poem #poetry #Westcott #water #BirdPhotography
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"At once a voice arose among The bleak twigs overhead In a full-hearted evensong Of joy illimited" Thomas Hardy (1899) #photography #sparrow #twigs #BirdSong #PotD #poetry #poem #ThomasHardy #outline #BlueSky #BirdPhotography #nature
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"The earth never tires, The earth is rude, silent, incomprehensible at first, Nature is rude and incomprehensible at first, Be not discouraged, keep on, there are divine things well envelop’d" Walt Whitman (1856) #photography #furrow #earth #PotD #poetry #poem #Whitman #plough #nature #pattern
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"What things for dream there are when spectre-like, Moving among tall haycocks lightly piled, I enter alone upon the stubble field, From which the laborers’ voices late have died" Robert Frost (1915) #photography #stubble #curlew #PotD #poetry #poem #RobertFrost #BirdPhotography
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die!" William Wordsworth (1802) #photography #rainbow #circumzenithal #arc #PotD #poetry #poem #Wordsworth #Upsidedown #halo #silhouette
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"In new affection next I strove To coll an ash I saw, And he in trust received my love; Till with my soft green claw I cramped and bound him as I wove . . . Such was my love: ha-ha!" Thomas Hardy (1899) #photography #ivy #tendrils #bark #PotD #poetry #poem#ThomasHardy #nature #TreeTrunk
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Queens of the air,— Aithra, lole, Eos or Auge, Taking new beauty From the sun’s evening brightness. Gyring in light As nymphs play in waters— Aithra, lole, Eos or Auge!" Padraic Colum (1927) #photography #pigeons #gate #path #PotD #poetry #poem #PadraicColum #LavenderCottage #birds
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"another gull comes in on the cold tail end of a sickle of air there’s a game to be played ceremonial dance and they cut the shape of a new moon up from the carpet of grass into air" Aonghas MacNeacail (2003) #photography #gulls #sky #grass #PotD #poetry #poem #MacNeacail #silhouette #curves
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"The heron, stock-still, is her own bird image in the water. The surface doubles her patience, a gift, presented to us for nothing." Liam Ó Muirthile (2005) #photography #heron #reflection #PotD #poetry #poem #Irish #Muirthile #shore #BirdPhotography
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"The golden sea its mirror spreads Beneath the golden skies, And but a narrow strip between Of earth and shadow lies." Samuel Longfellow (1858) #photography #sea #golden #sunset #PotD #poem #poetry #Longfellow #GoldenSea #sky #MoltenMetal
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"The earth’s whole amplitude and nature’s multiform power consigned for once to colors; The light, the genial air possessed by them; colors till now unknown, no limit, confine" Walt Whitman (1888) #photography #sunset #golden #PotD #silhouette #poetry #poem #Whitman #sky #beauty #wonder
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"These were great trees, it was in them from root to stem: When the men with the ‘Whoops’ and the ‘Whoas’ have carted the whole of the whispering loveliness away Half the Spring, for me, will have gone with them." Charlotte Mew (1923) #photography #trees #felled #PotD #poem #CharlotteMew #logs
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"The budding twigs spread out their fan, To catch the breezy air; And I must think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there." William Wordsworth (1798) #photography #twigs #silhouette #golden #sky #PotD #poetry #poem #Wordsworth #sunset
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"That time of year thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold" William Shakespeare (1609) #photography #autumn #leaves #yellow #PotD #poem #poetry #Shakespeare #nature #trees #foliage #silhouette
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"There was nae sic a bonny tree, in a' the countrie side. Oh! Rowan Tree. How fair wert thou in simmer time, wi' a' thy clusters white, How rich and gay thy autumn dress, wi' berries red and bright!" Carolina Oliphant (1822) #photography #berries #rowan #PotD #poem #poetry #Oliphant #Scots
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"This is the wish to touch their faces, their brown wrists— to sing some sparkling poem into the folds of their ears, then walk with them, over the hills and over the hills and into the impossible trees" Mary Oliver (2004) #photography #deer #PotD #poetry #poem #MaryOliver #nature #stillness
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"And then, in Sovereign Barns to dwell And dream the Days away The Grass so little has to do I wish I were a Hay" Emily Dickinson (1862) #photography #grass #hay #BlackAndWhite #PotD #poetry #poem #Dickinson #pattern #NatureArt #tangle
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Art thou pale for weariness Of climbing Heaven, and gazing on the earth, Wandering companionless Among the stars that have a different birth,-- And ever changing, like a joyless eye That finds no object worth its constancy?" P B Shelley (1820) #photography #sun #pale #mist #poem #Shelley #PotD
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Line after line of inky black birds forming the flocks that shift into words. Page after page of tales winging by, singing a story against a white sky." Laura Purdie Salas (2011) #photography #birds #silhouettes #PotD #poetry #poem #Salas #BirdPhotography #seagulls #BlackAndWhite
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Listen! you hear the grating roar Of pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling, At their return, up the high strand, Begin, and cease, and then again begin, With tremulous cadence slow, and bring The eternal note of sadness in." Matthew Arnold (1867) #photography #rocks #shore #PotD #poetry
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"I stood on the bottom slat and backed in and out of the air. I’ll never get out of here. The gate was pure folly, without fencing on either side" Robyn Schiff (2016) #photography #gate #fence #cliff #PotD #poem #poetry #RobynSchiff #stones #erosion #folly #post
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"It is a beauteous evening, calm and free, The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration; the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquility;" William Wordsworth (1802) #photography #sunset #golden #PotD #poetry #poem #Wordsworth #silhouette #evening #twilight
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"The staunchest vessel built of men Has got to drydock now and then; And men who use the sea, like her, Need overhauling and repair." Cicely Fox Smith (1936) #photography #harbour #PotD #poetry #poem #CicelyFoxSmith #boats #repair #Crail #Fife #Scotland
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"Wiping my glasses and leaning westward, clearing my mind of the day’s mist and leaning into myself to see the colors of truth I watch the clouds as I see them in pomp advancing, pursuing the fallen sun." Denise Levertov (1966) #photography #clouds #PotD #poem #Lavertov #sky
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"Thou art a dew-drop, which the morn brings forth, Ill fitted to sustain unkindly shocks, Or to be trailed along the soiling earth; A gem that glitters while it lives" William Wordsworth (1802) #photography #dewdrop #PotD #poetry #poem #Wordsworth #bead #droplet #web #beauty #macro
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"By the slumping log, by the dappled aspen, they grow alone. A dumb eloquence seems their trade. Like hooded monks in a sacred wood they say: Tomorrow we are gone." Jane Whitledge (1993) #photography #mushroom #PotD #poetry #poem #Whitledge #nature #forest #log #decay #emergence
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"Heav’n’s deepest blue, Earth’s richest green, Minted dust of stars, Molten sunset sheen, Are blent together On this lithe brown feather, In a disc of light— Lithe, light!" Effie Lee Newsome (1922) #photography #peacock #PotD #poetry #poem #Newsome #BirdPhotography #bird #blue #feather
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"The old man accepts a Lucky Strike. He was a friend of my grandfather. We talk of the decline in the population and of codfish and herring while he waits for a herring boat to come in." Elizabeth Bishop (1947) #photography #oilrig #seascape #PotD #poetry #Bishop #fishing #decline #energy
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"There’s a dingly dangly Daddy Long Legs darting through the air; it zigzags up the window pane and zagzigs round my chair." Rhona Stephens (2026) #photography #cranefly #DaddyLonglegs #insect #PotD #poetry #poem #RhonaStephens #nature #MacroPhotography
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"Yellow, and black, and pale, and hectic red, Pestilence-stricken multitudes: O thou, Who chariotest to their dark wintry bed The winged seeds, where they lie cold and low" P.B.Shelley (1819) #photography #leaf #autumn #copper #PotD #poetry #poem #Shelley #NaturePhotography #sunlight
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The light flows from their branches. And they call again, ”It's simple,” they say, ”and you too have come into the world to do this, to go easy, to be filled with light, and to shine.” Mary Oliver (2006) #photography #forest #trees #PotD #poetry #poem #MaryOliver #glow #light #branches
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"I’d like to go by climbing a birch tree, And climb black branches up a snow-white trunk Toward heaven, till the tree could bear no more, But dipped its top and set me down again." Robert Frost (1915) #photography #trees #treetops #PotD #poetry #poem #RobertFrost #nature #trunk
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"Chunky and noisy, but with stars in their black feathers, they spring from the telephone wire and instantly they are acrobats in the freezing wind." Mary Oliver (2003) #photography #starling #BirdOnAWire #PotD #poetry #poem #MaryOliver #BirdPhotography #nature #wire #TelephoneWire
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring,— With a poor man of any sort, down to a king, Standing upright out in the air Wondering where he shall journey, O where?” Edward Thomas (1917) #photography #signpost #Crail #sign #PotD #poetry #poem #EdwardThomas #direction #journey #choice #silhouette
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"Summer ends now; now, barbarous in beauty, the stooks arise Around; up above, what wind-walks! what lovely behaviour Of silk-sack clouds! has wilder, wilful-wavier Meal-drift moulded ever and melted across skies?" G.M.Hopkins (1877) #photography #wheat #harvest #PotD #poem #Hopkins #Autumn
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
"We sat aneath thy spreading shade, The bairnies roond thee ran, They pu’d thy bonnie berries red, And necklaces they strang" Carolina Oliphant (1822) #photography #rowan #berries #PotD #poetry #poem #Oliphant #RedBerries #NaturePhotography #tree
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
"A flint-on-flint ticking – and there he is, Trim and dandy – in square miles of bracken And bogs and boulders a tiny work of art, Bright as an illumination on a monkish parchment." Norman MacCaig (1975) #photography #stonechat #BirdPhotography #PotD #poem #NormanMacCaig #bird #ornithology
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contain'd, I stand and look at them long and long. They do not sweat and whine about their condition, They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins" Walt Whitman (1855) #photography #PotD #cows #poem #Whitman
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
"The pedigree of honey Does not concern the bee; A clover, any time, to him Is aristocracy." Emily Dickinson (1884) #photography #clover #leaf #leaves #PotD #poetry #poem #EmilyDickinson #trifolium #trefoils #trifoliate #nature
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"To loosen with all ten fingers held wide and limber And lift up a patch, dark-green, the kind for lining cemetery baskets, Thick and cushiony, like an old-fashioned doormat" Theodore Roethke (1948) #photography #moss #lichen #wood #PotD #poetry #poem #Roethke #NaturePhotography #DeadWood
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
"Between the hands, between the brows, Between the lips of Love-Lily, A spirit is born whose birth endows My blood with fire to burn through me" Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1869) #photography #lily #flower #NaturePhotography #poetry #poem #Rossetti #Macro #PotD
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"I kill where I please because it is all mine. There is no sophistry in my body: My manners are tearing off heads -" Ted Hughes (1960) #photography #SparrowHawk #hawk #PotD #poetry #poem #TedHughes #BirdPhotography #nature #sparrow #survival #life #death
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
"There is a flower that bees prefer, And butterflies desire; To gain the purple democrat The humming-birds aspire." Emily Dickinson (1862) #photography #knapweed #hoverfly #PotD #poetry #poem #EmilyDickinson #NaturePhotography #flower #insect
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
"O my Luve is like a red, red rose That’s newly sprung in June; O my Luve is like the melody That’s sweetly played in tune." Robert Burns (1794) #photography #rose #red #flower #PotD #poem #poetry #song #RobertBurns #RedRose #BlueSky #wall #stone #beauty
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
"A child said What is the grass? fetching it to me with full hands; How could I answer the child? I do not know what it is any more than he. I guess it must be the flag of my disposition, out of hopeful green stuff woven." Walt Whitman (1855) #photography #grass #wheat #PotD #poetry #Whitman #art
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⏯𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔷𝔦 @mistercorzi.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"I hear leaves drinking rain; I hear rich leaves on top Giving the poor beneath Drop after drop; ’Tis a sweet noise to hear These green leaves drinking near." W.H.Davies (1908) #photography #leaf #drops #PotD #poetry #poem #WHDavies #rain #raindrops #Macro #NaturePhotography
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