Canon 5D MK II or III

Well Bloggers, Christmas has come and gone and either Santa couldn't afford the "Canon 5D Mark III (or the older MK II) in any legal condition" that I referred to in my last but one Blog post, or more realsitically, the said Santa was awefully confused by the lack of a chimney on our home in an estate.  For you Horse and Hounds folks, by estate, I mean a housing estate, and not some sprawling mass with grouse shooting, parties, and fields.  

Well hey ho Santa, you could have left it by the front door or even asked the postie to deliver it.  

So it well and truly looks as if the squeezed Bennett finances cannot stretch to the Canon full frame camera.  But not all is lost to anyone thinking of the poetry and eternal gratitude bit; as my Birthday is looming in only a few days time.  So get your skates on Bloggers, and if anyone out there is (a) super rich, or (b) has a spare Canon 5D MK II, Canon 5D MK III, or a Canon 6D lying around unused in a drawer, then you know of a poor Blogger who would be really appreciative of the gift. 

Not Guilty

Congratulations to Elisabetta and Francesca on what appears to me as an outsider looking in; to be the corrct verdict.  I wish you both a very Merry Christmas, and hope that your health fully recovers in the not too distant future! 

WANTED

WANTED: Canon 5D Mark III in any legal condition.  Will exchange eternal gratitude and free Poetry.   

Please note that the Canon 6D is a suitable alternative even though it lacks a swivel rear LCD screen (which has become essential after using a smaller sensor 600D for while).  I promise that the Camera will be given a very good home and kept in a smoke free environment (I have nothing against smokers if you are a smoker and are just about to gift me a camera) and a pet free home (again, I have nothing against pets or their owners, they are all lovely, especially the Canon 5D Mark III owners who are about to upgrade to the 1DX and the Canon 6D owners who curse the lack of a rear swivel LCD and are upgrading to the 5D Mark III).  All poetry will be written in English.  Eternal gratitude shall be of the timeless variety i.e. you can bask in the knowledge that I am truly grateful as I can't afford either full frame camera myself and to be quite fair, I have been a very very good boy all year.  Well, other than quite a few bouts of anxiety and depression.  But then again, that is why I find the poetry and the photography so useful.

POUGHKEEPSIE

Here is one for my Cousins from across 'The Pond' (four feet per line with rhyming A, B, C, D, between each stanza): 


POUGHKEEPSIE 

Gliding towards that bend of death,
Unknown to those who are onboard,
The Poughkeepsie train to New York,
Gently clatters that Dark Sunday. 

Very soon four shall have no breath,
As the Metro North falls starboard,
Pushed on a bend and not a fork,
The cause of this crash who will say?

Not Donna lying there in death,
Nor Kissok Ahn shall sound the chord,
Neither James are able to talk,
Because they are no more this day.



Roger Bennett
December, 2013
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FALLEN

I wrote this poem this afternoon. Why are we flying crewed helicopters above major cities, when lightweight drones could be remotely flown. Police helicopters don't put out fires, or convey medical emergencies. It is inevitable that air ambulances over remote areas are needed, but crewed police helicopters over major cities are not. 

FALLEN

Falling sharply from the sky,

That wingless bird on patrol,

Then preying on those souls below.

No longer able to fly,

Dark silhouette and that hole,

Nine have died is what we know.

But why should anyone die?

Will this be the final toll?

What is left from this to show?

What can truly justify,

A wingless bird on patrol,

With thousands at rest below.

When lightweight drones do fly high,

Remote flight and with no soul,

And less risk to those below.

Roger Bennett

02 December 2013

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