Connecting with the Universe
A Photo-Poetry Collaboration Series
Poems by Micah HarshBarger
Photos by Shannon McKenna
Earth’s Wind
My earth
I gently move over you and caress your surface
Your passages direct my never ending current
I flow through your mountains and into your valleys
Your firmness contains my force
I feed your deep inner fires
Your rising heat gives me power
I stir your waters and make waves lap against your shores
Your mist purifies and refreshes me
And I breathe life into your seed
- -Micah HarshBarger
Realization
Staring at the stars in the crisp air of the night
The air seems clearer than usual
The sky blacker
The stars brighter
One star no different than the rest catches my eye
I gaze for near eternity as if to focus on the now nonexistent sun
In a flash of super sensory, I can see the star and then the planets around it
And then civilizations upon them
Then back again I see all the stars in this small part of the sky
I truly feel my own insignificance
And can feel the enormous weight of our small planet pushing back against me
Looking back at the planet around the small star of long ago
I can feel another soul looking back at me
Through the same clear sky across time and space
The other mind not much different than mine
Full of life yet all alone
Looking for another to explore the heavens with
Whether they are looking back now, centuries ago
Or not yet but to come, matters not
But only the realization that there is life
-Micah HarshBarger
Wind’s Revenge
You are the life of movement
Breath of the earth
Bringing trees their voice
Refreshment to petals
Nourishment to our souls
Yet we pay you no mind
Until you bring destruction
-Micah HarshBarger
Micah is a truly expressional writer and photographer. He writes and creates from deep within, ensuring unique detail and expression in every piece he produces. Here is a link to his explanation of and motivation for his art:
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