China 1994Poetry on the Photography of Mark Wyatt, Poetry by Alec Ream The Society March 3, 2017 Art, Beauty, Culture, Poetry All photos by Mark Wyatt / All poetry by Alec Ream Chant of the Wooded Hall Chlorophyll concordant eaves Soaring ceiling, verdant leaves Torah spell my secret sees Worded oracle of trees Beneath a thing be found intent Unsheathing singing, sound and scent Growing shoots a task of me Sowing beauty, cast on Thee. . . Song Before a Glowing Sun Dillon Beach Buzzard Above the dune, below the sky Before a glowing sun I fly Forging contrast, blurring naught Gorgeous not deterred; uncaught. x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x San Francisco Strings San Francisco 2014 Recalling notes of olden writ Need I votes no not one whit On a sidewalk, music free Undistracted clarity x x x x x x x x xx x x x x Note of Authenticity Paris 1980 In the future, we shall toast To the stature, spirit, ghost Of authentic, as the youth Schizophrenic not, in truth x x x x x x xx x x x Mark Wyatt has been photographer to the unfamous since around 1980, diverting occasionally from the human to the natural. He posts his photographs to mwwyatt.wordpress.com, usually one or two a week. Each image is uncropped and processed only to the extent that most faithfully reproduces what the camera saw and how the camera saw it at the moment that the shutter was tripped. In the end, each hopes to be a simple but memorable snapshot of our world that the viewer will enjoy seeing again and doesn’t easily tire of.’ Alec Ream is a writer living in Virginia. His poetic work and creative fiction have been widely published. A member of the Demosthenian Literary Society at UGA, he wrote on Lookout Mountain, and continued to write, lecture and work for Delta Kappa Epsilon HQ. He was first published reading to the pledge class of Michigan DKE, in Ann Arbor in 2008. Recently, his poem Green Fire was read at the Washington Literary Society & Debating Union at UVA. NOTE TO READERS: If you enjoyed this poem or other content, please consider making a donation to the Society of Classical Poets. The Society of Classical Poets does not endorse any views expressed in individual poems or commentary. ***Read Our Comments Policy Here*** Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYour email address will not be published.CommentName* Email* Website Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. You can also subscribe without commenting. Δ This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.