Ramsey Mathews
@ramseym.bsky.social
Storyteller and poet. https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0D8R9MKRK
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Ramsey Mathews
@ramseym.bsky.social
· Jan 16
"Wherever you go, there you are."
~Jon Kabat-Zinn
#walking #hiking #zen #mindfulness #meditation #bnw #blackandwhite #florida #monochrome #nature #outdoors #trees #vista #landscapephotography #clouds #sky #photography #travel #joy
~Jon Kabat-Zinn
#walking #hiking #zen #mindfulness #meditation #bnw #blackandwhite #florida #monochrome #nature #outdoors #trees #vista #landscapephotography #clouds #sky #photography #travel #joy
Sunrises and sunsets never get old.
Here are a few photos from road trips
across the Gulf Coast.
Solar
~Philip Larkin
Suspended lion face
Spilling at the centre
Of an unfurnished sky
#poetry #sunset #sunrise #travel #Louisiana #NOLA #FrenchQuarter #MississippiRiver #yellow #urban
Here are a few photos from road trips
across the Gulf Coast.
Solar
~Philip Larkin
Suspended lion face
Spilling at the centre
Of an unfurnished sky
#poetry #sunset #sunrise #travel #Louisiana #NOLA #FrenchQuarter #MississippiRiver #yellow #urban
October 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Sunrises and sunsets never get old.
Here are a few photos from road trips
across the Gulf Coast.
Solar
~Philip Larkin
Suspended lion face
Spilling at the centre
Of an unfurnished sky
#poetry #sunset #sunrise #travel #Louisiana #NOLA #FrenchQuarter #MississippiRiver #yellow #urban
Here are a few photos from road trips
across the Gulf Coast.
Solar
~Philip Larkin
Suspended lion face
Spilling at the centre
Of an unfurnished sky
#poetry #sunset #sunrise #travel #Louisiana #NOLA #FrenchQuarter #MississippiRiver #yellow #urban
"They are so unexpected.
They are as good as salt.
If someone had brought them
to van Gogh's room daily
his ear would have stayed on."
~Anne Sexton
#flowers #poetry #naturephotography #travel #florida #georgia #nikon #zen #meditate #garden #books #september #Tuesday #orange #yellow
They are as good as salt.
If someone had brought them
to van Gogh's room daily
his ear would have stayed on."
~Anne Sexton
#flowers #poetry #naturephotography #travel #florida #georgia #nikon #zen #meditate #garden #books #september #Tuesday #orange #yellow
September 2, 2025 at 10:42 AM
"Why should she give her bounty to the dead?
What is divinity if it can come
Only in silent shadows and in dreams?"
~Wallace Stevens
#SundayMorning #poetry #poet #Sunday #bnw #blackandwhite #bird #egret #travel #nature #photography #zen #meditation #water #swamp #stmarks #florida #WallaceStevens
What is divinity if it can come
Only in silent shadows and in dreams?"
~Wallace Stevens
#SundayMorning #poetry #poet #Sunday #bnw #blackandwhite #bird #egret #travel #nature #photography #zen #meditation #water #swamp #stmarks #florida #WallaceStevens
August 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
"Why should she give her bounty to the dead?
What is divinity if it can come
Only in silent shadows and in dreams?"
~Wallace Stevens
#SundayMorning #poetry #poet #Sunday #bnw #blackandwhite #bird #egret #travel #nature #photography #zen #meditation #water #swamp #stmarks #florida #WallaceStevens
What is divinity if it can come
Only in silent shadows and in dreams?"
~Wallace Stevens
#SundayMorning #poetry #poet #Sunday #bnw #blackandwhite #bird #egret #travel #nature #photography #zen #meditation #water #swamp #stmarks #florida #WallaceStevens
"All in all, you're just another brick in the wall."
~Pink Floyd
#music #rocknroll #pinkfloyd #bnw #blackandwhite #photography #urban #street #atlanta #mono #zen #meditation #cityscape #writer #monday #architecture #design #construction #wall #rue
~Pink Floyd
#music #rocknroll #pinkfloyd #bnw #blackandwhite #photography #urban #street #atlanta #mono #zen #meditation #cityscape #writer #monday #architecture #design #construction #wall #rue
August 18, 2025 at 11:32 AM
"All in all, you're just another brick in the wall."
~Pink Floyd
#music #rocknroll #pinkfloyd #bnw #blackandwhite #photography #urban #street #atlanta #mono #zen #meditation #cityscape #writer #monday #architecture #design #construction #wall #rue
~Pink Floyd
#music #rocknroll #pinkfloyd #bnw #blackandwhite #photography #urban #street #atlanta #mono #zen #meditation #cityscape #writer #monday #architecture #design #construction #wall #rue
"love is more thicker than forget
more thinner than recall
more seldom than a wave is wet
more frequent than to fail"
~ee cummings
#poetry #eecummings #skateboard #love #atlanta #bnw #blackandwhite #photography #street #urban #travel #zen #meditation #saturday #weekend #chill #thepath
more thinner than recall
more seldom than a wave is wet
more frequent than to fail"
~ee cummings
#poetry #eecummings #skateboard #love #atlanta #bnw #blackandwhite #photography #street #urban #travel #zen #meditation #saturday #weekend #chill #thepath
August 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"love is more thicker than forget
more thinner than recall
more seldom than a wave is wet
more frequent than to fail"
~ee cummings
#poetry #eecummings #skateboard #love #atlanta #bnw #blackandwhite #photography #street #urban #travel #zen #meditation #saturday #weekend #chill #thepath
more thinner than recall
more seldom than a wave is wet
more frequent than to fail"
~ee cummings
#poetry #eecummings #skateboard #love #atlanta #bnw #blackandwhite #photography #street #urban #travel #zen #meditation #saturday #weekend #chill #thepath
The conversation.
#bnw #blackandwhite #photography
#urban #citylife #outdoors #people #streetlife #streetphotography #atlanta #design #symmetry
#architecture #poetry #zen #mono #uptown
#theater #drama #fiction #writer
#bnw #blackandwhite #photography
#urban #citylife #outdoors #people #streetlife #streetphotography #atlanta #design #symmetry
#architecture #poetry #zen #mono #uptown
#theater #drama #fiction #writer
August 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"Even the sun-clouds this morning
cannot manage such skirts."
~Sylvia Plath
#poetry #sunday #July #landscape #photography #nature #SylviaPlath #clouds #bnw #blackandwhite #mono #water #Florida #travel #meditation #zen
cannot manage such skirts."
~Sylvia Plath
#poetry #sunday #July #landscape #photography #nature #SylviaPlath #clouds #bnw #blackandwhite #mono #water #Florida #travel #meditation #zen
July 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
"Even the sun-clouds this morning
cannot manage such skirts."
~Sylvia Plath
#poetry #sunday #July #landscape #photography #nature #SylviaPlath #clouds #bnw #blackandwhite #mono #water #Florida #travel #meditation #zen
cannot manage such skirts."
~Sylvia Plath
#poetry #sunday #July #landscape #photography #nature #SylviaPlath #clouds #bnw #blackandwhite #mono #water #Florida #travel #meditation #zen
It's hot 🔥 in the park, but the sky is 😎 cool.
#sky #summer #clouds #foto #nature #urban #streetphotography #jogging #fitness #Atlanta #PiedmontPark #walking #citylife #mentalhealth #zen #meditation #blue #green #June #cool
#sky #summer #clouds #foto #nature #urban #streetphotography #jogging #fitness #Atlanta #PiedmontPark #walking #citylife #mentalhealth #zen #meditation #blue #green #June #cool
June 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
It's hot 🔥 in the park, but the sky is 😎 cool.
#sky #summer #clouds #foto #nature #urban #streetphotography #jogging #fitness #Atlanta #PiedmontPark #walking #citylife #mentalhealth #zen #meditation #blue #green #June #cool
#sky #summer #clouds #foto #nature #urban #streetphotography #jogging #fitness #Atlanta #PiedmontPark #walking #citylife #mentalhealth #zen #meditation #blue #green #June #cool
Dogfish by Mary Oliver
"Also I wanted
to be able to love. And we all know
how that one goes,
don't we?"
#sunday #fathersday #poetry #sky #sunrise #sunset #travel #landscapephotography #nature #sun #sunshine #love #Georgia #Florida #zen #meditation #water #gulfofmexico #clouds #yellow #blue
"Also I wanted
to be able to love. And we all know
how that one goes,
don't we?"
#sunday #fathersday #poetry #sky #sunrise #sunset #travel #landscapephotography #nature #sun #sunshine #love #Georgia #Florida #zen #meditation #water #gulfofmexico #clouds #yellow #blue
June 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
"It was also my violent heart that broke,
falling down the front hall stairs."
~Anne Sexton
#stairs #bnw #blackandwhite #mono #design #up #down #museum #atlanta #photography #travel #urban #street #architecture #inspiration #sunday #mindfulness #love #poetry #heartbreak #AnneSexton #zen
falling down the front hall stairs."
~Anne Sexton
#stairs #bnw #blackandwhite #mono #design #up #down #museum #atlanta #photography #travel #urban #street #architecture #inspiration #sunday #mindfulness #love #poetry #heartbreak #AnneSexton #zen
June 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
"It was also my violent heart that broke,
falling down the front hall stairs."
~Anne Sexton
#stairs #bnw #blackandwhite #mono #design #up #down #museum #atlanta #photography #travel #urban #street #architecture #inspiration #sunday #mindfulness #love #poetry #heartbreak #AnneSexton #zen
falling down the front hall stairs."
~Anne Sexton
#stairs #bnw #blackandwhite #mono #design #up #down #museum #atlanta #photography #travel #urban #street #architecture #inspiration #sunday #mindfulness #love #poetry #heartbreak #AnneSexton #zen
"Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May."
~Shakespeare
#bluesky #blue #clouds #train #railroad #sunset #May #travel #landscapephotography #photography #nature #architecture #shakespeare #poetry #contrast #zen #urban
#foto #natuur #meditation
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May."
~Shakespeare
#bluesky #blue #clouds #train #railroad #sunset #May #travel #landscapephotography #photography #nature #architecture #shakespeare #poetry #contrast #zen #urban
#foto #natuur #meditation
May 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May."
~Shakespeare
#bluesky #blue #clouds #train #railroad #sunset #May #travel #landscapephotography #photography #nature #architecture #shakespeare #poetry #contrast #zen #urban
#foto #natuur #meditation
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May."
~Shakespeare
#bluesky #blue #clouds #train #railroad #sunset #May #travel #landscapephotography #photography #nature #architecture #shakespeare #poetry #contrast #zen #urban
#foto #natuur #meditation
"it is a serious thing
just to be alive
on this fresh morning
in the broken world."
~Mary Oliver
#poetry #bnw #blackandwhite #photography #birds #egret #birdwatching #travel #Georgia #Florida #nature #zen #landscape #Monday #May #MemorialDay #fly #joy #meditation #hiking
just to be alive
on this fresh morning
in the broken world."
~Mary Oliver
#poetry #bnw #blackandwhite #photography #birds #egret #birdwatching #travel #Georgia #Florida #nature #zen #landscape #Monday #May #MemorialDay #fly #joy #meditation #hiking
May 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
"it is a serious thing
just to be alive
on this fresh morning
in the broken world."
~Mary Oliver
#poetry #bnw #blackandwhite #photography #birds #egret #birdwatching #travel #Georgia #Florida #nature #zen #landscape #Monday #May #MemorialDay #fly #joy #meditation #hiking
just to be alive
on this fresh morning
in the broken world."
~Mary Oliver
#poetry #bnw #blackandwhite #photography #birds #egret #birdwatching #travel #Georgia #Florida #nature #zen #landscape #Monday #May #MemorialDay #fly #joy #meditation #hiking
"Ode to the sun-drenched sea,
to the red planks and purple nails..."
~Pablo Neruda
#sunset #photography #landscapephotography #nature #twilight #poem #poet #sky #gold #golden #clouds #ocean #PacificOcean #California #travel #zen #meditation #joy #Sunday #May #Neruda #seascape #colorful
to the red planks and purple nails..."
~Pablo Neruda
#sunset #photography #landscapephotography #nature #twilight #poem #poet #sky #gold #golden #clouds #ocean #PacificOcean #California #travel #zen #meditation #joy #Sunday #May #Neruda #seascape #colorful
May 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"Ode to the sun-drenched sea,
to the red planks and purple nails..."
~Pablo Neruda
#sunset #photography #landscapephotography #nature #twilight #poem #poet #sky #gold #golden #clouds #ocean #PacificOcean #California #travel #zen #meditation #joy #Sunday #May #Neruda #seascape #colorful
to the red planks and purple nails..."
~Pablo Neruda
#sunset #photography #landscapephotography #nature #twilight #poem #poet #sky #gold #golden #clouds #ocean #PacificOcean #California #travel #zen #meditation #joy #Sunday #May #Neruda #seascape #colorful
"Come slowly – Eden!
Lips unused to Thee –"
~Emily Dickinson
#sky #blue #bluesky #poetry #poem #EmilyDickinson #water #ocean #sea #landscape #landscapephotography #travel #Florida #Georgia #clouds #naturephotography #zen #photography #dreams #storms #rain #poet #Eden
Lips unused to Thee –"
~Emily Dickinson
#sky #blue #bluesky #poetry #poem #EmilyDickinson #water #ocean #sea #landscape #landscapephotography #travel #Florida #Georgia #clouds #naturephotography #zen #photography #dreams #storms #rain #poet #Eden
May 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
"Come slowly – Eden!
Lips unused to Thee –"
~Emily Dickinson
#sky #blue #bluesky #poetry #poem #EmilyDickinson #water #ocean #sea #landscape #landscapephotography #travel #Florida #Georgia #clouds #naturephotography #zen #photography #dreams #storms #rain #poet #Eden
Lips unused to Thee –"
~Emily Dickinson
#sky #blue #bluesky #poetry #poem #EmilyDickinson #water #ocean #sea #landscape #landscapephotography #travel #Florida #Georgia #clouds #naturephotography #zen #photography #dreams #storms #rain #poet #Eden
"To wander in the fields of flowers
pull the thorns from your heart."
~Rumi
#flower #flowerpower #pink #green #photo #foto #zen #rumi #photography #nature #landscape #travel #Georgia #Florida #spring #outdoors #joy #meditation #writer #poetry #mentalhealth #bluesky #macro #hiking
pull the thorns from your heart."
~Rumi
#flower #flowerpower #pink #green #photo #foto #zen #rumi #photography #nature #landscape #travel #Georgia #Florida #spring #outdoors #joy #meditation #writer #poetry #mentalhealth #bluesky #macro #hiking
May 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
"To wander in the fields of flowers
pull the thorns from your heart."
~Rumi
#flower #flowerpower #pink #green #photo #foto #zen #rumi #photography #nature #landscape #travel #Georgia #Florida #spring #outdoors #joy #meditation #writer #poetry #mentalhealth #bluesky #macro #hiking
pull the thorns from your heart."
~Rumi
#flower #flowerpower #pink #green #photo #foto #zen #rumi #photography #nature #landscape #travel #Georgia #Florida #spring #outdoors #joy #meditation #writer #poetry #mentalhealth #bluesky #macro #hiking
“The flamingo, a fire on the lagoon,
Is it a tree that burns in the sunshine?
The bird is a tree, a fire, a wild passion.”
~D. H. Lawrence
#flamingo #birds #birdwatching #pink #poetry #Atlanta #AtlantaZoo #streetphotography #citylife #urban #travel #Georgia #nature #zen #meditation #yoga #passion
Is it a tree that burns in the sunshine?
The bird is a tree, a fire, a wild passion.”
~D. H. Lawrence
#flamingo #birds #birdwatching #pink #poetry #Atlanta #AtlantaZoo #streetphotography #citylife #urban #travel #Georgia #nature #zen #meditation #yoga #passion
May 7, 2025 at 10:23 AM
“The flamingo, a fire on the lagoon,
Is it a tree that burns in the sunshine?
The bird is a tree, a fire, a wild passion.”
~D. H. Lawrence
#flamingo #birds #birdwatching #pink #poetry #Atlanta #AtlantaZoo #streetphotography #citylife #urban #travel #Georgia #nature #zen #meditation #yoga #passion
Is it a tree that burns in the sunshine?
The bird is a tree, a fire, a wild passion.”
~D. H. Lawrence
#flamingo #birds #birdwatching #pink #poetry #Atlanta #AtlantaZoo #streetphotography #citylife #urban #travel #Georgia #nature #zen #meditation #yoga #passion
"I stand in the advancing light,
my hands hungry, the world beautiful."
~Nazim Hikmet
#bnw #blackandwhite #streetphotography #rue #photography #urban #Atlanta #poetry #travel #clouds #skyscrapers #architecture #design #city #zen #fotografia
#landmark #world #ville
my hands hungry, the world beautiful."
~Nazim Hikmet
#bnw #blackandwhite #streetphotography #rue #photography #urban #Atlanta #poetry #travel #clouds #skyscrapers #architecture #design #city #zen #fotografia
#landmark #world #ville
May 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
"I stand in the advancing light,
my hands hungry, the world beautiful."
~Nazim Hikmet
#bnw #blackandwhite #streetphotography #rue #photography #urban #Atlanta #poetry #travel #clouds #skyscrapers #architecture #design #city #zen #fotografia
#landmark #world #ville
my hands hungry, the world beautiful."
~Nazim Hikmet
#bnw #blackandwhite #streetphotography #rue #photography #urban #Atlanta #poetry #travel #clouds #skyscrapers #architecture #design #city #zen #fotografia
#landmark #world #ville
"A certain blue enters your soul."
~Henri Matisse
#blue #bluesky #bluewater #tranquility #clouds #landscape
#nature #zen #painter #poet #walking #hiking #zen #florida #travel #photography #landscapephotography #dreams #mindfulness #horizon #friday #tgif #joy #inspiration
~Henri Matisse
#blue #bluesky #bluewater #tranquility #clouds #landscape
#nature #zen #painter #poet #walking #hiking #zen #florida #travel #photography #landscapephotography #dreams #mindfulness #horizon #friday #tgif #joy #inspiration
May 2, 2025 at 12:59 PM
"A certain blue enters your soul."
~Henri Matisse
#blue #bluesky #bluewater #tranquility #clouds #landscape
#nature #zen #painter #poet #walking #hiking #zen #florida #travel #photography #landscapephotography #dreams #mindfulness #horizon #friday #tgif #joy #inspiration
~Henri Matisse
#blue #bluesky #bluewater #tranquility #clouds #landscape
#nature #zen #painter #poet #walking #hiking #zen #florida #travel #photography #landscapephotography #dreams #mindfulness #horizon #friday #tgif #joy #inspiration
"On this path
let the heart ❤️ be your guide."
*Rumi
#Rumi #path #walking #hiking #zen #mindfulness #sky #bluesky #Atlanta #photography #landscape #street #city #travel #trees #health #poetry #photographie #fitness #Sunday
let the heart ❤️ be your guide."
*Rumi
#Rumi #path #walking #hiking #zen #mindfulness #sky #bluesky #Atlanta #photography #landscape #street #city #travel #trees #health #poetry #photographie #fitness #Sunday
April 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
"On this path
let the heart ❤️ be your guide."
*Rumi
#Rumi #path #walking #hiking #zen #mindfulness #sky #bluesky #Atlanta #photography #landscape #street #city #travel #trees #health #poetry #photographie #fitness #Sunday
let the heart ❤️ be your guide."
*Rumi
#Rumi #path #walking #hiking #zen #mindfulness #sky #bluesky #Atlanta #photography #landscape #street #city #travel #trees #health #poetry #photographie #fitness #Sunday
A Clean, Well-Lighted Place (1933) / Ernest Hemingway
#bnw #blackandwhite #mono #travel #Atlanta #Georgia #cafe #urbanphotography #photography #fiction #prose #shortstories #writer #restaurant #community #lunch #teatime #coffe #breakfast #photographie #rue #streetphotography
#bnw #blackandwhite #mono #travel #Atlanta #Georgia #cafe #urbanphotography #photography #fiction #prose #shortstories #writer #restaurant #community #lunch #teatime #coffe #breakfast #photographie #rue #streetphotography
April 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
A Clean, Well-Lighted Place (1933) / Ernest Hemingway
#bnw #blackandwhite #mono #travel #Atlanta #Georgia #cafe #urbanphotography #photography #fiction #prose #shortstories #writer #restaurant #community #lunch #teatime #coffe #breakfast #photographie #rue #streetphotography
#bnw #blackandwhite #mono #travel #Atlanta #Georgia #cafe #urbanphotography #photography #fiction #prose #shortstories #writer #restaurant #community #lunch #teatime #coffe #breakfast #photographie #rue #streetphotography
"We're on a road to nowhere."
~Talking Heads
#imagination #creativity #art #photography #street #horizon #landscapephotography #dreams #mysticism #zen #comedy #travel #bridge #design #symmetry #spirituality #psychic #mindfulness #poetry #rockmusic #sky #ocean
~Talking Heads
#imagination #creativity #art #photography #street #horizon #landscapephotography #dreams #mysticism #zen #comedy #travel #bridge #design #symmetry #spirituality #psychic #mindfulness #poetry #rockmusic #sky #ocean
April 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
"We're on a road to nowhere."
~Talking Heads
#imagination #creativity #art #photography #street #horizon #landscapephotography #dreams #mysticism #zen #comedy #travel #bridge #design #symmetry #spirituality #psychic #mindfulness #poetry #rockmusic #sky #ocean
~Talking Heads
#imagination #creativity #art #photography #street #horizon #landscapephotography #dreams #mysticism #zen #comedy #travel #bridge #design #symmetry #spirituality #psychic #mindfulness #poetry #rockmusic #sky #ocean
"You don't have to see the whole staircase,
just take the first step."
~Martin Luther King, Jr.
#stairs #bnw #blackandwhite #mono #design #up #down #mlk #highmuseum #atlanta #photography #travel #urban #street #architecture #inspiration #thursday #mindfulness
just take the first step."
~Martin Luther King, Jr.
#stairs #bnw #blackandwhite #mono #design #up #down #mlk #highmuseum #atlanta #photography #travel #urban #street #architecture #inspiration #thursday #mindfulness
April 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
"You don't have to see the whole staircase,
just take the first step."
~Martin Luther King, Jr.
#stairs #bnw #blackandwhite #mono #design #up #down #mlk #highmuseum #atlanta #photography #travel #urban #street #architecture #inspiration #thursday #mindfulness
just take the first step."
~Martin Luther King, Jr.
#stairs #bnw #blackandwhite #mono #design #up #down #mlk #highmuseum #atlanta #photography #travel #urban #street #architecture #inspiration #thursday #mindfulness
Moon over Long Beach, California.
#luna #moon #nightsky #photo #photography #cityscape #beach #street #urban #streetphotography #bnw #mono #blackandwhitephotography #poetry #music #theater #drama #movies #meditation #zen #California #LongBeach #travel #architecture
#luna #moon #nightsky #photo #photography #cityscape #beach #street #urban #streetphotography #bnw #mono #blackandwhitephotography #poetry #music #theater #drama #movies #meditation #zen #California #LongBeach #travel #architecture
April 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Moon over Long Beach, California.
#luna #moon #nightsky #photo #photography #cityscape #beach #street #urban #streetphotography #bnw #mono #blackandwhitephotography #poetry #music #theater #drama #movies #meditation #zen #California #LongBeach #travel #architecture
#luna #moon #nightsky #photo #photography #cityscape #beach #street #urban #streetphotography #bnw #mono #blackandwhitephotography #poetry #music #theater #drama #movies #meditation #zen #California #LongBeach #travel #architecture