by Adwaith Hariharan
(All photographs were shot on iPhone 11 Pro)
(Bear Mountain State Park, Fall 2019)
Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky.
- Khalil Gibran
(Bear Mountain State Park, NY, Fall 2019)
The trees were gazing up into the sky,
their bare arms stretched in prayer for the snows.
- Alexander Smith
(Sequoia National Park, CA, Summer 2019)
"I sift the snow on the mountains below,
And their great pines groan aghast;
And all the night 'tis my pillow white,
While I sleep in the arms of the blast."
- Percy Bysshe Shelley
(Jersey Shore, NJ, Fall 2020)
"Bursts of gold on lavender melting into saffron.
It is the time of the day when the sky looks like
it has been spray painted by a graffiti artist."
- Mia Krishner
(Manalapan, NJ, Winter 2021)
"When the dark clouds of doubt, anger, or worry begin to move upon you,
steady yourself in the knowledge that in time, the storm will pass.
Emotions are transient and temporary."
-Bryant McGill
(Hudson River, NY, Summer 2020)
Sunsets are proof that endings can be beautiful too."
-Beau Taplin