Wednesday, January 23, 2008

January 24, 2008

One of my favorite poems from one of my favorite poets-"No Difference", by Shel Silverstein. Awesome.

85mm. ss/80, f/4.0, ISO 800.


"No Difference"

Small as a peanut,
Big as a giant,
We're all the same size
When we turn off the light.

Rich as a sultan,
Poor as a mite,
We're all worth the same

When we turn off the light.

Red, black or orange,
Yellow or white,
We all look the same
When we turn off the light.

So maybe the way
To make everything right
Is for God to just reach out
And turn off the light!

~Shel Silverstein

15 comments:

Kristi said...

Wow...I've never read that before. Which is sad. I want Yums to know this from an early age. Thank you, Jenn.

Anonymous said...

I love the dof field here! Great poem also!
cari

amazing grace said...

very fun post!!! i loved his poems as a kid--and still do!

Mom2Drew said...

I used to have all the books, they were so my favorites. I think I still have where the sidewalk ends.

jordan.krogman said...

Oooooh, I love it! :) Thanks for sharing!

emilyc said...

Great shot. I loved these poems as a child and really need to get the books for Nick soon.

Amy said...

I haven't seen that poem before, great dof!

Becky said...

So simple and beautiful.

Unknown said...

This is fabulous, the dof, lighting and of course the words are great!

Margaret said...

LOVE Shel Silverstein! I like the way you captured this!

Liz said...

LOVE this poem, Shel Silverstein is one of my favorites as well. Great photo, the perspective is really nice. TFS

pat said...

:-) Wonderful! Both the photo and DOF and Shel--I love his stuff.

Val said...

Cool photo! Glad you posted! I've missed seeing you around. Hope things are going well with you guys!

Kathy P said...

love it! what a wonderful poem. one that everyone can relate to!

Mandy said...

I heart Shel Silverstein! He is one of my favorite authors. My favorite is "sick".