Tectonics
In only a few months
there begin to be fissures
In what we remember,
and within year or two,
The facts break apart
One from another
And slowly begin to shift
And turn, grinding,
Pushing up over each other
Until their shapes
have been changed
And the past has become
a new world.
and after many years,
Even a love affair,
One lush green island
All to itself,
perfectly detailed
With even a candle
Softly lighting a smile,
may slide under the waves
Like Atlantis,
scarcely rippling the heart.
there begin to be fissures
In what we remember,
and within year or two,
The facts break apart
One from another
And slowly begin to shift
And turn, grinding,
Pushing up over each other
Until their shapes
have been changed
And the past has become
a new world.
and after many years,
Even a love affair,
One lush green island
All to itself,
perfectly detailed
With even a candle
Softly lighting a smile,
may slide under the waves
Like Atlantis,
scarcely rippling the heart.
Ted Kooser
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/9f4a7be5-9eb3-416c-b658-8b2cd7e4b14d_rw_1920.jpg?h=b2d85e520290608a5243932f0d1bccc8)
![Veiled Sky](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/5823abe8-b9ab-4968-9b22-6f30c4e4241f_rw_1920.jpg?h=ee55e70ef22ff4cb7503c2e84055e8d7)
Veiled Sky
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/69689f8f-5b1b-428c-983f-6c97f4c49d00_rw_1920.jpg?h=3519963e22e7dc80c13a777174bc35d3)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/4ee7a27d-73ff-4c7a-ac1d-56107bb89e3f_rw_1920.jpg?h=736b6c9e0c33f1295e2e106beee977b5)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/f6f2683e-7274-44f9-8b2a-ee445bb8e417_rw_1920.jpg?h=453f5a3930b77a3e54d5f02df3508361)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/0b699910-e6f0-495c-af85-71b7296e81d0_rw_1920.jpg?h=dbc2317cf93b528bdc31ca6fca2a8837)
![Versaille Underwater](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/935d118a-c3ab-4d46-9109-7f31539cb9e0_rw_1920.jpg?h=a22ed1deb486bbf17783c7634c32c8a7)
Versaille Underwater
![In the Moment](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/e82f5750-1a4b-4e56-aa04-cad4f165bbdf_rw_1200.jpg?h=c7b77638fcc5d22d2e8402dd868cad47)
In the Moment
![Secret Admirer](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/deddabf1-6978-4dd9-9a71-b8286c819ac6_rw_1920.jpg?h=4bc05f04a11f6b837c4681bea06a7531)
Secret Admirer
![Red Sea](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/5ae593ed-c3bf-4b59-af94-c770bea53ea0_rw_1920.jpg?h=15e2fc58ffd775bf97002c0de50f509a)
Red Sea
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/5f5c0e16-77c8-4927-905b-df02480f619f_rw_1920.jpg?h=c083cae1009f66293c15833669588503)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/3ee8b7d1-b69a-495d-be56-5b5ef36172cd_rw_1200.jpg?h=816f40094aea660163bf4b772577f5a6)
![Seeing Red](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/bcc51d5b-6d48-485b-a8fe-f56b0bd9de46_rw_1920.jpg?h=2068bd948e6df63ea75d1c6e28922013)
Seeing Red
![Moody Blues](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/3747603f-66b5-42ea-988a-9a030eb24034_rw_1920.jpg?h=049476a49f8ce618893fdb0388d40d05)
Moody Blues
![archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag, 17 x 22 Edition1/1](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/34bb2209-7285-4742-b2bf-42fae40a755f_rw_1920.jpg?h=591b1a93df7a484b6f58b71171fadcc5)
archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag, 17 x 22 Edition1/1
![Above and Below](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/f6bdfc9c-e7ad-4688-84ec-6482cc7da1b7_rw_1200.jpg?h=785dcf8e4b66ee902b37d265eba5153a)
Above and Below
![Just Enough](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/0f7389e7-b915-4f98-8436-8a67f24b31bc_rw_1920.jpg?h=34c6edb4d5f43efb8abb467038384e4a)
Just Enough
![Slow and Sultry](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/6c0b5fbd-2839-4c6f-9494-9985bbdada9f_rw_1200.jpg?h=fbc7dbb086795bb03b73739a1466d233)
Slow and Sultry
![Twin Towers](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/d4c035ac-6a4b-4ae9-9d03-758399f3e362_rw_1920.jpg?h=d455ef8811b33a159e1a4cfe981e4f75)
Twin Towers
![archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag, 17 x 22 Edition1/1 SOLD](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/ed863ccc-3a30-4ed2-b915-d809cb1e91c3_rw_1920.jpg?h=eef465586da9e61e022eee2378b9051e)
archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag, 17 x 22 Edition1/1 SOLD
![Know Your Magic, Baby](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/db3dd640-3589-4656-9d62-98a6f6faaf84_rw_1920.jpg?h=12eb3b80d078cbec2f2a16e73233d10a)
Know Your Magic, Baby
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/0d0586f1-e17c-4e56-afd6-a9607e1e4a63_rw_1920.jpg?h=ac4e44350eac8535b539cab92b134efc)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/75790106-1906-4c3b-a832-949748d96f45_rw_1920.jpg?h=3dda114b210b58dbfd2d02b7f4cf1667)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/15979720-d40a-4f6d-844c-28d81d065fa5_rw_1200.jpg?h=1e3a13a5114acd2d4d99bba8c80eee4f)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/9b532ed6-d832-42a4-b563-37a86cfa23f7_rw_1920.jpg?h=8b050e6dfa27f2c6394dade98fd79c07)
![Enlarged close in view of water fountain](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/64dab014-e363-4a07-9b64-ae62b0b09e61_rw_600.jpg?h=d18bba95369b31bdf181204d8c48ac9e)
Enlarged close in view of water fountain
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/8df5f347-d5e6-4ebc-912c-4049507d6672_rw_1920.jpg?h=4e27aaf8668f331009cfb5e5bdce2f71)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/4c7ec50c-a1cc-4391-ac23-aa84da66a01c_rw_1920.jpg?h=f55c87deadb1bfe82cc3a64ec7bcd043)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/0fe2cef3-abbf-4350-8f8f-60e606c099a3_rw_1920.jpg?h=9d638b838e0fdb227a022ba1b6ec5f8c)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/8b08341a-4cf7-46bb-b82e-c2456fcfecd6_rw_1920.jpg?h=e6b4f145d43bcc7dcc57e3d0d8afce9b)
![Your Best Side](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/49c5e8fb-dab1-4de9-b0f3-9e5b68b9a80a_rw_1920.jpg?h=2e9d52677e772f0139510cf8d02d3fda)
Your Best Side
![Above and Below](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/58c71e92-d4cd-490e-83bc-67143deb57c9_rw_1920.jpg?h=ff62ecb888a6918c82891ee8ede64b7e)
Above and Below
![Portals in Green](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/934d9372-e6c1-4d21-8f65-32af3eb66060_rw_1200.jpg?h=6eba9086bfed59c3305614bad71f0686)
Portals in Green
![archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag, 17 x 22 Edition1/1](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/047fb914-3f39-4794-9acf-016dfc5326f6_rw_1920.jpg?h=9a26a73b29a9a77bf382a7a56321897a)
archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag, 17 x 22 Edition1/1
![Above and Below](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/31b2b26c-5106-46f9-84f6-86fa9148c6fb_rw_1200.jpg?h=23ddec234c2528261607743b785c1370)
Above and Below
![Sumi-o Techno Fusion](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/33946c0b-63ea-409c-8ab4-98a6310ce06b_rw_1920.jpg?h=fafdb90c006a5b9cb77e8da34a34cc41)
Sumi-o Techno Fusion
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/5e06a268-a23d-4871-8adf-81f993fdcdaa_rw_1920.jpg?h=27215a96e1b8327a11ff57a1a6f3623f)
![Meerge](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/f833a792-2442-488b-b5ff-db73ffd9db72_rw_1920.jpg?h=8c192cc817759bbad9eb254a1649c9a4)
Meerge
![Bandaid](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/44950abf-e36f-4cb9-89c5-d0ceade77929_rw_1920.jpg?h=7f827d7aabcdeec7e9935cebe8b84f00)
Bandaid
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/e6469307-6161-4df4-b439-459fc6231c0e_rw_1920.jpg?h=17fa73febfbc2250ecc22410b360298f)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/0d1ee533-be8d-4280-9356-9a80415bcfd6_rw_1920.jpg?h=7e9bef51184dd6f653be5363849300cf)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/c345173a-6f4b-4929-8b14-1a975b524c66_rw_1920.jpg?h=65be9dc0c99ea1e1e4fbdf23a58ed9f6)
![Interplanetary](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/a27a609f-c359-4d17-b8b2-5e379d7e5446_rw_1920.jpg?h=294c38f9704ee629902b178aa224d099)
Interplanetary
![Connect Roots](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/737dbd5f-080d-4da2-a352-e93166796ff3_rw_1920.jpg?h=37ee9ea2c8bf49a25afb35192f966388)
Connect Roots
![Be](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/d0d2badc-c10c-4e97-a7a9-e5b9537d10ca_rw_1920.jpg?h=4e82b0c06dc3f5f61e57e52ef9109da2)
Be
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/4971cf87-7d1e-4bfa-b33a-18cf22d5abc1_rw_1920.jpg?h=6e06394073fd44ff0d5f898e87046279)
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![Hiawatha Silo](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/4d80e7ea-c682-416a-8820-92f53353a33f_rw_1920.jpg?h=d114cb054ad2b97b9ab47ea00edb1e77)
Hiawatha Silo
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c6c7744-76f7-4cdf-9c5e-50e3fcd371d7/81371ab6-4d16-4335-833e-b8db144b812d_rw_1920.jpg?h=a00a1c2b63c5c923c0124e7b4ee848e2)
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