Can cameras really relay
with such subterfuge inlaid?
See there an eye-piece
though the shutter blinks
like a flash, subliminal
and the vigilant mirror lies
silvery sly and deep inside
mercurial, lubricious
the way it impresses
into negative.
Into negative
the way it impresses
mercurial, lubricious
silvery sly and deep inside
and the vigilant mirror lies
like a flash, subliminal
though the shutter blinks.
See there an eye piece
with such subterfuge inlaid 
- can cameras really relay?

20 thoughts on “WYSIWYG?”

1. Oh I love the mirrored form, and how it changes when reversed… is to negatives maybe the positive we have intended?

   1. so much canny transformation to film(or card) so do we ever get what we see –

2. Slick concept and execution, Laura. I’ve seen things through a camera that my eye didn’t perceive. I see the dream world as being a lot like a fun house mirror.

   1. thanks Lisa – a spark of inspiration there as I do not normally venture into styles

      p.s. I like your hall of mirrors dream-world metaphor – horrors included

      1. You’re most welcome and thanks.

3. Great use of form with meaning. Very enjoyable word choice.

   1. many thanks for your appreciation Maria

4. I love the mirror form Laura. It plays a trick with our eyes, into the negative, into the negative. The structure reminds me of this poem: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/153518/mirror-5eb219fd3ffe1

   1. thank you Grace and for hosting OLN – that is a structure I may try one day though its raising the bar

5. The lens of the camera can add to reality or subtract from it. Often we don’t notice which until we see what it has seen. This form is perfect as both echo and mirror. (K)

   1. so true about the camera – it cannot see what we see and yet sees what we don’t! thank you for appreciating this poem too

6. And just to think that initially people thought that Photography’s “truth” would be the death of art – but now we see there is not truth…

   1. many visual truths it seems – hence the Pre-Raphaelites chose realism with mythical or metaphorical themes in the nascent age of photography

7. You married the form to the subject perfectly, Laura. Seeing and perceiving can be two different things.

   1. and thank you for your appreciation and insightful comment

      1. Always a pleasure.

8. Love the clever title and the poetry that followed! Brilliant way to use the mirror form!! Cheers.

   1. thank you Helen – it’s a poetry style I’d not tried before and this seemed just the right spot to give it a go

9. Very clever – Bravo!

   1. thank you (and just rescued this from spam folder)

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