Multiples
How many of me
do I want to see?
Will the me far away
in this Doppler array,
soft-hearted, deceive
or insist I believe
that up-close or far
I’m what they are?
With thanks to photographer S.W. Berg,
submitted to Dan Antion’s
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May 24, 2024 at 12:26 pm
Love your whimsical poem that suits this photo perfectly. Just for the record, I would love having multiples of you around. Life would be that much more fun because you are such a delight.
Ginger🦋
May 24, 2024 at 12:50 pm
Thanks, Ginger! I’m not sure that multiples of me would be such a blessing; sometimes one of me is even too much for me! The photo is kind of fun and kind of scary all at once, I think.
May 24, 2024 at 12:35 pm
I always have so many thoughts when I stare into multiple mirror images. Did that guy in the back raise his hand with the rest of us? Who nodded first? Am I somehow trapped outside the mirror?
We are what they are…aren’t we?
May 24, 2024 at 12:55 pm
Ah, yes, you have it exactly: it’s all about questions. I had a big argument with myself over the wording of that last line: should it be “who” or “what”? Aren’t the images the what but I am the who? Or are they who too? Or am I the what or its opposite, the what-not? As you can tell, the entire debate ended up in the giggles.
May 24, 2024 at 1:08 pm
As it should.
May 24, 2024 at 12:59 pm
Thank you Maureen for the reflection on reflection seeking self expression poem. I enjoyed your reference to “Dopplery array” for some reaons my mind went to mirrors presenting an image limited by space and time.
May 24, 2024 at 1:28 pm
I like that: mirrors as an image of limitation. Does this mean you are about to write something about this photo? Thanks, Suzette!
May 24, 2024 at 1:33 pm
Great question Maureen. I had not thought of writing something about this photo…but now that you mention it…I will give it a go! Thanks for the inspiration!
May 24, 2024 at 1:43 pm
I’ll be watching for it!
May 24, 2024 at 1:52 pm
Excellent! Thank you!
May 24, 2024 at 1:07 pm
that up-close or far
I’m what they are?
I keep reading these last two lines over and over again. Those mirrors are fascinating to think about, aren’t they? Great verse, Maureen!
May 24, 2024 at 1:29 pm
Thanks, Lois! Yes, the photo is very intriguing.
May 24, 2024 at 6:59 pm
Something a little unnerving about seeing so many reflections – caught well in your words1
May 24, 2024 at 8:16 pm
Agreed! Mirrors have a way of being real and not.
May 24, 2024 at 7:16 pm
Deep today, and I may need some chocolate. I definitely don’t want to look at multiple shots of myself. 🙂
May 24, 2024 at 8:18 pm
I always need chocolate! And if I had to see an infinity of myself at this point, I’d need more than chocolate, That is not a mirror I’d spend much time in front of! Cool photo, though! Thanks, Judy!
May 24, 2024 at 11:27 pm
I wonder –can we both deceive and believe at the same time? And are the mirrors multiplying or dividing? Excellent food for thought. (K)
May 24, 2024 at 11:39 pm
To deceive and believe simultaneously — I guess that depends. Whether these mirrors multiply or divide is a great question!
June 10, 2024 at 8:00 pm
Lovely as always!
June 10, 2024 at 8:01 pm
Thanks!