Camera Man
You pointed the
Camera
You could
Have picked
Him up
Not only did
You shoot
You had to look
A message
To be sent
To those
Who are
Not listening
So, you had
To shoot
Before
Picking him up
I hope…….
Comments
Good poem Lynn I have often felt the same way. I love the way it hangs in the air at the end.
Very powerful, Lynne, and an aspect of this whole tragedy which only you had seen.
Like Graham, my first interpretation was "why didn't you pick him up?" But whatever the photographers motive more "good" seems to have come out of photographing the boy than picking him up.
I always enjoy your posts.
Lynn Hamilton
Sun 6th Sep 2015 20:52
Hi Graham. Thank you for reading and your comments on Camera Many of. My thoughts were slightly different from yours but that is the beauty allowed your own interpretation. x
Lynn, this was first thought when seeing that incredibly sad picture. How could anyone not act before thinking of how much money that picture would make in the world's newspapers.
Very sad times indeed.
Graham
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Cynthia Buell Thomas
Wed 9th Sep 2015 11:15
Well done, Lynn.