So, maybe you heard that I was one of the winners of this archives haiku contest? Some people asked for an illustrated version, so here you go. I made this one extra big so you can print it out at any size and stick it on your wall.
Title: Missed Opportunities. Haiku: Hey, handsome stranger/ Saw your pic in the archives/ Too bad you're dead now. And who's that daguerreotype hottie? "Portrait of a Young Man," from the Museum of Photographic Arts Collections http://www.flickr.com/photos/mopa1/5710931881
August 31, 2011 at 5:09 pm |
I bust out laughing when I heard that at the first SAA session. My intern and I have pinned photos of all the handsome sailors from our WWII collection to our walls. We frequently lament that most of them were killed in the war – and that ones who survived are way to old for us now.
August 31, 2011 at 9:00 pm |
I love my dead people…this is perfect, sailors especially. The fleet’s in….
September 8, 2011 at 3:52 pm |
Haha, that’s great. Definitely one of the best looking people I have seen in a daguerreotype! Have you seen the site “My Daguerreotype Boyfriend”? You should definitely submit it. :-)
September 8, 2011 at 7:11 pm |
[...] I saw this post from the Derangement and Description blog today, it made me chuckle. Apparently, the blog’s author Rebecca was one of the winners of [...]
September 9, 2011 at 2:18 pm |
He kind of looks like my future brother-in-law. Great Haiku!