Our Virtual Story

Doubt they call him Alice
A superhero minds his dreams
Instead of Finding Nemo
His birthplace fills this screen

Beneath pallid, porous, chip defaced
Crumbling walls; he’ll always miss
Preview sporting acne scars
With fuming tags, graffiti adds
Capitol columns, botanical gardens
Statues defecting, passing by
Honorable mentions
Over passed time

Through the Photoshopped window
Suggesting amends
So unlike riffs to air guitar
Being simple enough
We all pretend

Absorbing impressions leading invention
From cliched song to artistic pretension
Fate buries each when life ends

It was a spring Saturday
Mourning away
Perhaps he cannot stand
Nor perceive nuance in cartoon
Caught up in realistic visual play
Assuming it all exists for a second
Not knowing what I mean
When pixels burst like hemorrhages
Bled to reconvene

And thus a chapter closes
Our virtual story rote
Imagination never dies
When bridging one’s false hopes

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Care for a reading?

*graphic design by me
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One Shot Wednesday!
Participate by posting a poem & sharing feedback.

It’s an honor for me to host this week—
Come see our new home: 
@ One Stop Poetry

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*@Onestoppoetry has been nominated for a Shorty Award in the #ART CATEGORY (as well as in #Poetry)

So if you like what we do & wish to show your support, then click on the logo and tweet your vote. (*You have to be a twitter user prior to start of this contest & provide a reason in vote).

Help us win the #Art Category!
Thank you

Photoshop Tips, Tricks, & Fixes

I know some of you are looking for a great Photoshop resource, so here you go! Photoshop Tips, Tricks, & Fixes offers a perfect alternative to spending lots of money on a book that will present much of the same info.

This comprehensive instructional magazine covers basics from explaining the many photo imaging tools to providing tips on color matching and reading histograms. Additional lessons address the following topics: masking, adjustment layering, photomerging, filters, lightening effects.

For the Photoshop hobbyist, …Tips, Tricks, and Fixes shows, in simple steps, how to rescue badly scanned and old photos by using a combination of tools and filters. On a personal note, I used this magazine as a quick reference guide a few times this week.

*It explains the concept of layering very well, and offers a disc full of free video tutorials. (I bought this at Barnes and Noble).

Coffee Bouquet

What makes me happy?
Pretty rhyme schemes?
Creating in Photoshop
While sipping Chai Tea