
How Do I Love Thee?

by Joe Schofield
Title
How Do I Love Thee?
Artist
Joe Schofield
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
How do I love thee? Let me taste the ways ... this desert squirrel selected lunch, sampled a petal, then proceeded to consume the entire blossom, petal by petal. How he managed not to impale himself/herself on the extremely sharp needles of the common cholla cactus is a mystery.
First place: Desert Flowers contest 2-28-22.
How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43)
Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1806-1861
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
I love thee to the level of every day's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for right.
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.
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May 15th, 2021
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Sarah Irland
What an amazing photograph, Joe! You captured this Squirrel at just the right moment! Wonderful work! L/F

Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 Views on One Image Group's Special Features Nominations For Promotion #24 . Please help your fellow artists by visiting and passing on the love to another artist in the the 1000 Views on One Image Group....L/F/Tw

Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group ..... Feel free to place your featured image in the Features Archive and any Genre specific Archive l/f/p

Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your camera art has been nominated as a Special Feature by a fellow artist Camera Art member for your superb art in Camera Art Group!! You are invited to post your art in the "Special Feature Archive Discussion" in the Camera Art group. Please share the love by nominating a fellow artist whose work is in Camera Art Group. You can do that in the specific "SPECIAL FEATURES NOMINATIONS - VOL 7” discussion in the Camera Art Group.

Judy Wolinsky
Congratulations your image has been chosen as a feature on COMMENT FOR COMMENT homepage!! !! To ensure that your image remains available over time, archive your art in the discussion.

Anthony Jones
Beautiful work! Thank you for submitting your artwork to the Southern California Artist Collective Group where the image is now featured on the home page. Feel free to post this in the Featured archive in the group discussion page section L/F