While viewing my old cameras
I hear, “Don’t you have enough?”
Well what can I say?
I just like old stuff
So I’ve a passion
For photographic antiques
With every picture
A camera tells a story unique
Whether on film
Or digital memory card
An image is made
Of children in the yard
They say a picture
Is worth a thousand words
And I’ll not deny the voices
From my cameras I’ve heard
The older it gets
Sweeter is the camera’s voice
So when my collection sings
I feel my heart rejoice
And not just cameras
Anything that’s vintage
Old paper money and coins
Of rare mintage
Even antique furniture
In an old house
How lucky was he
The resident mouse
How different life was
In those long ago days
Technology in its infancy
The dawning of a new age
Still some other things antique
Like an old poet I know
Every time I look in the mirror
A new grey hair will show
Hidden behind barn walls
Forgotten relics of age
With dust and cobwebs
A dance with time is waged
To some I might be crazy
They might think I’m really nuts
But I’m just old school
And I like old stuff
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Hi Accidental Poet.
Like wine it gets better with age.
I am old school and a bit retro at times.
Lovely poem.
Keep writing
FineB
Thanks for reading and your comment/compliment FineB.
A fine old write AP.
I figure I'm old enough to write about old stuff orchi. That's why I mentioned in the poem about an old guy in the mirror. ; )
Super write, I too look at that old poet in the mirror every morning, he will be ok though.
Good that that old guy in the mirror has got your support Andy. Thanks for reading.
Aged photos with yellowish color, took our memories back all the way to the lovely moment as if you were there again. They carried our life and history.
Yes m&m, old photographs are a window to the past with one moment frozen in time. For almost 200 years cameras have been chronicling our lives and history.
With you all the way. As an artist when on holiday I want to go round the backstreets where the old buildings are, where the bins are out, where washing flaps between the bulidings, where the barns are falling apart - so much more interesting that the modern homogenised tourist areas and so much more inspiring for artwork. Great write AP.
I agree Michael, life as it is lived. Wether it's a photograph or a painting, it captures the eye and inspires the heart and soul of everyone. Thanks for reading Michael.
I'm like you too, I prefer old money and coins and photographs! Really good poem! You are not crazy to like old stuff!
Thanks for reading and your comment Christine. Old paper money I find to be beautiful in the artwork and some of the meanings in the designs. Plus to see the changes in the bills over the years is really cool.
Great write AP! I have always loved old monuments
Thanks sky. investigating the history behind old monuments can be very interesting. All the how and why they got there.
Thanks AP! I too love 'old' things. I simply love going through antique stores to see what treasures I can !
Yes WC, antique stores, flea markets and even thrift shops can reveal some very interesting finds. One time in a flea market I found a late 1800s opera viewing binoculars. They open up like a clam shell. Really different.
AP, I am with you all the way, including the look into the mirror! Great poem! I too am old school and like old stuff (including me!).
And I like you too Fred, we may be old, but we're classics.
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