douglas brent smith

there is an island for you more than any dream toes in the clean warm white sand turquoise water rushing in gently singing softly your name there is an island for you satisfying and free cabana boy bringing drinks olga massaging your neck whenever you call there is an island for you apart and above the fray of everyday laughter touching souls hearts sparking love with every moment accepting, friendly, relaxed let me be your island your terms your time your touch and i will hold your hand watch the waves, and smile right there beside you sharing our very best adventures ever. -- douglas brent smith

Read the Dictionary Upside Down _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ You may use this image for non-commercial purposes. Please cite it as follows: collage: Read The Dictionary Upside Down (c) 2016 douglas brent smith

Propitious Awakenings _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ You may use this image for non-commercial purposes. Please cite it as follows: collage: Propitious Awakenings (c) 2016 douglas brent smith

Probably Beyond Expectations _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ you may use this image for non-commercial purposes. please cite it as follows: collage: probably beyond expectations (c) 2016 douglas brent smith

Lab Time _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ you may use this image for non-commercial purposes. please cite it as follows: collage: lab time (c) 2016 douglas brent smith

Hold Two Choices If you can hold two choices in tension long enough a third choice may emerge. And let's face it, there are always more than two choices... _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ you may use this image for non-commercial purposes. please cite it as follows: collage: hold two choices (c) 2016 douglas brent smith

Collage #1: A Penny For Your Cactus This is either the first, or perhaps second collage I ever created. I think it was made in 1968 (yeah, I'm that old...) I'm happy that it's survived many moves, a house fire, epic fail relationships, and multiple careers. This is one of those I hope to never be parted from. _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ you may use this image for non-commercial purposes. please cite it as follows: collage: a penny for your cactus (c) 2016 douglas brent smith

Behind The Birthday Van For a while I was attracted to black & white images for the raw material of my collages. In this case, I glued what I was working on to a colorful sample of stationery. Happy Birthday, wherever you are. _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ you may use this image for non-commercial purposes. please cite it as follows: collage: Behind The Birthday Van (c) 2016 douglas brent smith

Alphabet Soup This is both a collage and a creative writing prompt. For a time, I experimented with creating different versions of a collage using a copy machine to duplicate the base, and then making changes in it. Sort of like a very slow motion movie. Or perhaps an indulgence. It's fun. Enjoy. _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ you may use this image for non-commercial purposes. please cite it as follows: collage: Alphabet Soup (c) 2016 douglas brent smith

All Hands On Deck _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ you may use this image for non-commercial purposes. please cite it as follows: collage: All Hands On Deck (c) 2016 douglas brent smith

(c) 2016 Douglas Brent Smith Size: 81/2 x 11" You may use this image as long as you credit the artist with this notation: "Collage by Douglas Brent Smith, (c) 2016"

Photograph: douglas brent smith (c) 2016 You may use this photo to your hearts delight.

even with the world falling apart all i can think about is keeping us together is bringing us together doing over chances to choose love that endures purely forming storms of passion, not disappointment and pleasures we'd treasure not measure against impossible pondering such notions preoccupy me even as you chasten me to let go of them and declare we're over that we're on the same page on so many things singing similar songs yet wrongly irregular on this         i must (don't judge)         simply kiss you again. again this. a kiss you and me and see where this leads us. and please, trust me on this i have your best interests at heart and my heart             so full of you throbs incessantly still agreed, we see this                    differently and so i'll wait and take moment by careful moment time with you until i'm no longer (we're no longer) careful and cautious but dramatically real how does that feel? (

it was everything i had inside me given to you a gift you refused, to scare me to scar me to drop me over that cliff, that curb wanting to touch you to kiss you to giggle in the sand but you let go of my hand and oh oh oh you had warned me the storm would be rough and wow did you signal it would not be enough and crap did it happen i chased without fear but ghostlike in vapor desire disappeared and so like a dark fog neglected to stand you held and then fell and let go of my hand (c) 2016 douglas brent smith

Random still life and current mood. photo by douglas brent smith Ok to use this photo. Please notate it: photo by douglas brent smith, 2016.