Backing Paper #59

<p>Rachel's Back! Hurrah and huzzah, Rachel returns to help go through another bulging mailbag of goodness.</p> <p> </p> <p>Paul Friday's Poem:</p> <p>On his darkslide, by Miltish.</p> <p>When I consider how my life is spent</p> <p>Counting seconds in this shed, so dark inside,</p> <p>Or juggling lenses, both long and wide,</p> <p>Lugging them all, though my back be bent.</p> <p>To serve therewith my muses, and present</p> <p>My true account, writ in silvery halide;</p> <p>"Did that take a whole day?" they ask, so snide.</p> <p>I bite my lip, more bitter banter to prevent,</p> <p>But mutter "I need neither chip nor chimp for aid</p> <p>To assist my eye, I have it best</p> <p>From rule of thumb and circumstance of fate</p> <p>Of stochastic influence my art is made.</p> <p>You can keep your digital pleasures with the rest;</p> <p>They too expose, who only stand and wait."</p> <p> </p> <p>Print drying: <a href='http://www.film-and-darkroom-user.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=315'>http://www.film-and-darkroom-user.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=315</a></p> <p>Photographers Therapy Facebook group: <a href='https://phlogger.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa2b2166d5b9c94a574e9ae91&id=6381f16a12&e=d5d83f9b20'>https://phlogger.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa2b2166d5b9c94a574e9ae91&id=6381f16a12&e=d5d83f9b20</a></p> <p> </p>