tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-779989700862040172.post4342973190953659165..comments2023-06-29T03:13:37.846-07:00Comments on sambobbing: Paradise Sambobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16114719963142058191noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-779989700862040172.post-88418778628397812092013-03-01T17:54:07.249-08:002013-03-01T17:54:07.249-08:00Sam, found a poem I thought you might like, by the...Sam, found a poem I thought you might like, by the South African poet Gabeba Baderoon. It's called "Learning to Love Failure":<br /><br />Two swallows tumble<br />like crumpled paper<br />after each other.<br />The camera fails again<br />and again to find the place<br />where life will fly through its aperture.<br />In the meanwhile, the swallows fall<br />like two crescent moons from the sky.<br /><br />Fleeting tails in a corner of emptiness<br />just leaving the frame,<br />the photographer filming the swallows<br />has to learn to love failure,<br />how the almost having of the thing<br />is true in itself.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07199672261201933752noreply@blogger.com