Directions for happiness ~ is it so?

Woman dressed in white

I tell you
how the water
turned blue
how the boat headed
toward the horizon
the motor beating like a heart
of the woman dressed in white
preparing herself for the moment
24 white roses
in her arms
she knew his longing
I tell you
she meant to remain strong
yet faltered

April 24, 2008

~ Gwen C. Murray

Traveling through the years

Ode to a 70 Year Old

In New Guinea, Lahore or Kathmandu
Sleeping in beds not made for two
Admiring the beautiful Taj Mahal
Awake in Africa for the lion’s call
In Borneo we were often seen
The choice for headhunter’s new cuisine
Around the world I’ve traveled with you
I will follow you into your seventies too.

~ Gwen C. Murray

The days before life imposes

The beauty of children all over the world

~ photos by Gwen C. Murray

Chicken in Pakistan

store and product on the street in Pakistan

~ photo by Gwen C. Murray

That smile

I took this photograph in Pakistan in 1980, this small girl in school, a small building in the mountains with thirty students. Each student used a stick to write on the dirt floor to do their lessons.

~ Gwen C. Murray

What's on your head?

Waiting for something in Paris about 1985. They had no idea of those little bums behind their heads. 

~ photo by Gwen C. Murray