Photography

  • A Diner in Central PA

    sepia photos on the wallsoldthe color of memory a brick house shadowed by tall treesa two-story business districta trolley car linked to overhead lines this could be my historymy history pinned to these wallslong enough ago nowto be a curiosityfor… Continue reading

  • Moving

    There is the making of the decision.There is the hiring of the realtor.There is the filling of the forms    and the signing of the forms.There is the talking with the lender    and the filling of more forms,   … Continue reading

  • Real Hunger

    The starvingknow real hungeropens the tall doorsto the banquet hall.  Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Incarnation

    Somewhere in the suburbsa child is bornwho will transformour sameness and sadnessinto light and beauty. Is the child yours? Are you the child? Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Mickey

    Yes, Virginia,there is a Mickey Mouse.As surely as there is purity and open-armed acceptance,    laughter and joy,    innocence and playfulness,there is a laughing, smiling rodentwhose heart is big enoughto embrace all the childlike and trusting souls of the worldwho long to know… Continue reading

  • Starting

    I begin a new journey.I travel a new road.     Smell the air,        washed by the night rains.    Feel the morning sun        warming our hoping skin.    Taste the raspberries,        sweet and popping,        growing outside the… Continue reading

  • Embrace!

    Observe how widethe arms of Godopen. Look again:we areGod's arms! Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Through Me

    Life, live through me,    not shame,        for shame drives us        to cut ourselves,    not fear,        for fear drives us        to cut others,    not perfection,        for perfection drives us        to… Continue reading

  • Dialogue with My Muse

    My muse returned,and so I asked,"Where have you been?"     Waiting here beneath the din.    Waiting for the crowds to pass.    Waiting for the wounds to heal,    the edges of the cuts to seal. "But I'm… Continue reading

  • Revolution

    It's time to feel comfortablewith feeling good.     It's okay to feel happy. Enjoying lifewon't undo me.     For some of us    such ideas    are revolutionary, breathtakinglyrevolutionary. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All… Continue reading