Ode to negatives

[JamesD]

O negatives, how pulchritudinous thou art!
A place for you exists always in my heart
I was with you, from exposure's start
and through development, post-spooling in dark

Now you hang, from drying line high
Drip-drop, drip-drop, drip-drop! 'til dry
Your time for contacting now draws nigh
As I arrange you 'low enlarger light

Your print is beautiful, if I get it proper
Perfect neg, yielding perfect print, a real show-stopper
Each viewer views, and becomes a jaw dropper
I'll steal their dropped jaws, 'til stopped by copper.


Okay, I was entirely too bored at 3:30 am, while my negatives were drying. What better time, I thought, to write some awful poetry to inflict upon my fellow forum-members?
:twisted: :greendev:

I'll stop now, before someone :hertz: gets after me layball: :blackeye:. Or worse, .

Anyone want to ?



:mrgreen:

 

[stingray]

I really like it. Simplistic but... ¨jaunty¨!

 

[terri]

No. You don't get to delete any poem about negatives with the word "pulchritudinous" in it.

In fact, I may make it a sticky. :twisted:





Thanks for the laugh; I loved it, okay? :hug:: Weirdo.

 

[Torus34]

I think that I shall never see a negative as lovely as a tree.
But then a tree, reversed, is somewhat Zen:
And what is 'lovely?' That's beyond my ken!

 

[JamesD]

No. You don't get to delete any poem about negatives with the word "pulchritudinous" in it.

In fact, I may make it a sticky. :twisted:





Thanks for the laugh; I loved it, okay? :hug:: Weirdo.

Oooh... that'd be my first sticky!

Glad to be of some entertainment value :mrgreen:

 

[mysteryscribe]

I knew there was something odd about you kiddo... (poet spit)...

Definition of poet... (One who takes a hundred words to say the sun is shining....) rofl

All kidding aside nice to see your writing.

 

[JamesD]

Don't worry, Charlie, I only write bad poetry. It's much easier than writing good poetry, and so much more entertaining!

 

[mysteryscribe]

If I hadn't read the rules today (the one that says we can't say bad things about digital photography...) I would say that poetry to me is like digital photography to me....ect ect ect

 

[terri]

Don't worry, Charlie, I only write bad poetry. It's much easier than writing good poetry, and so much more entertaining!

I think you should write some more, James. I like it!

 

[mysteryscribe]

Absolutely James write more, you can be the poet laureate here...im serious dont stop cause I tease you.

 

[terri]

Write about how Charlie follows the rules, even the ones he doesn't agree with! :thumbup:

 

[JamesD]

I think you should write some more, James. I like it!

Nooo.... must.... resist.... temptationnn.....! :taped sh:

 

[JamesD]

My dearest T-max
In one hundred and four hundred you come
and also in thirty-five hundred ninety-nine plus one.

I wield you like an axe
Or is it a scythe?
To harvest what photons you might.

Tri- and Plus- X also
I cannot disregard them
But T-Max, you're a special state of zen.

You're also chemistry
A mighty fine developer
Which as a photographer, makes me a happy feller.

:shaking:

 

[darin3200]

oh wow....

This needs to be a sticky. A sticky of film and dakroom poetry.

Oh tri-x, tones so fine
I used t-max, but then I made you mine

You push 3 stops with the greatest of ease
Can I just buy more rolls, pretty please?

You swim in D-76, one to one
You make my darkroom oh so much fun



Let's see these digital photoshop people write poetry about Adobe, doubt it.

 

[mysteryscribe]

see what you started terri now everybody is going to want one lol.

I must be getting old if I'm finally following the rules.



A camera is like a bottle of wine...

It ages better than most of the women I've known.

Yes I hold them together with twine.

A woman in the trash she can be thrown

but not a camera they do not grow on a vine.


Now that is bad poetry roflmao