Showing posts with label mall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mall. Show all posts

Monday, July 21, 2025

Melbourne Candid Series 1132 Bourke St Mall

 


Laughter on Bourke

He sat in sun, a man of years,
With laughter loud that chased the fears,
In sunglasses, his joy a flare
That split the noon with blazing care.

Beside him, quiet, his small young son,
A shadow short beneath the sun,
Looked up as if to catch the fire
That lit his father's brief desire.

The street around, a surging tide,
With trams and heels and time's long stride,
Yet in that pause the world stood still—
Just sun and blood, and love’s goodwill.

A city’s heart beat all around,
But sweeter was that human sound:
A father's laugh, deep-cut and real,
That spoke what mouths can’t always feel.

On Bourke they sat, mid noon’s wide sprawl,
Two lives adrift, yet held by all—
By sunlight, kinship, breath, and grace,
And joy that time cannot erase.


Sony A7RV

FE 135mm f1.8 GM


Check out Candid 886 This has been one of the top 10 favorite posted on my blog here



Sunday, July 20, 2025

Melbourne Candid Series #1131 Bourke St Melb

 


(Same poem as yesterday)

A youth with mullet trailing wild,
A cap hung low, the city’s child,
Stood firm where footsteps throng and blur,
His violin his saboteur.

With rosined bow and eyes cast low,
He summoned tunes both fast and slow,
Each note a cry, a silver thread
Unspooling dreams the street had shed.

Behind him flowed the tram’s refrain,
Its bell a chime through smoke and rain,
While cars crawled past in tangled streams,
Oblivious to his stitched dreams.

He played not for applause or coin,
But for the world he might rejoin—
Where echoes rise through autumn's breath,
And songs outlive the hush of death.

Bourke watched in greys and neon hue,
As music flared and nightfall grew.
The crowd passed by, then circled round—
A boy, a bow, defying sound.

Sony A7RV

FE 135mm f1.8 GM

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Saturday, July 19, 2025

Melbourne Candid Series #1130 Violin player on Bourke St Mall Melb

 


A youth with mullet trailing wild,
A cap hung low, the city’s child,
Stood firm where footsteps throng and blur,
His violin his saboteur.

With rosined bow and eyes cast low,
He summoned tunes both fast and slow,
Each note a cry, a silver thread
Unspooling dreams the street had shed.

Behind him flowed the tram’s refrain,
Its bell a chime through smoke and rain,
While cars crawled past in tangled streams,
Oblivious to his stitched dreams.

He played not for applause or coin,
But for the world he might rejoin—
Where echoes rise through autumn's breath,
And songs outlive the hush of death.

Bourke watched in greys and neon hue,
As music flared and nightfall grew.
The crowd passed by, then circled round—
A boy, a bow, defying sound.


Sony A7RV

FE 135mm f1.8 GM

Check out Candid 885





Friday, July 18, 2025

Melbourne Candid Series #1129 Bourke St Mall (Summer before winter this year)

 


A Lady on Bourke in Greying Light

Upon the cobbles of Bourke Street fair,
Where trams do hum through autumn air,
A lady passed in monochrome,
Her youth aglow though shades had grown.

She walked alone, yet not alone,
For in her ears sweet tunes had flown,
A Walkman played its whispered song,
A timeworn tape that sang along.

Her tresses curled like drifting flame,
Though black and white concealed her name,
She bore her spoils in papered grace,
From shops agleam in city’s face.

A bum bag slung with no pretense,
‘Twixt fashion’s flair and innocence,
She paused beneath the falling leaves,
As dusk drew in on gentle eves.

No winter yet, but chill in shade,
The light grew thin, yet undismayed,
She danced in step with music’s flow,
A fleeting ghost from long ago.

And though the years may swiftly pass,
Like tramlines threading panes of glass,
Still in that frame she softly stands—
A song, a stroll, two listening hands.


Sony A7RV 

FE 135mm f1.8 GM

Check out Candid 884 and FACE OFF




Friday, July 11, 2025

Melbourne Candid Series #1122 Bourke St Mall

 


On Bourke Street Mall where the city hums,
And midday light on pavement drums,
A young man stands with cap drawn low,
Beside an elder, moving slow.

She rests upon a striped bench, still,
Her hands upon the frame she fills—
A four-wheeled guide through time and pace,
While crowds pass by without a face.

He leans in close, a gentle grace,
Perhaps a word, perhaps embrace.
No need for praise or loud acclaim,
Just quiet care without a name.

Among the trams and hurried feet,
Two lives in stillness gently meet—
A moment soft, of silent art,
Drawn not in speech, but open heart.


Sony A7RV

FE 50mm f1.2 GM

Check out Candid 877 and FACE OFF



Monday, March 31, 2025

Melbourne Candid Series #1021 Bourke St Mall

 


Upon the bustling city's lane,
Where melodies once soared in vain,
He strums no more by lantern's glow,
His tunes now lost where echoes go.

Bourke Street hums with weary tread,
Yet lacks the songs once widely spread.
The hollow wind, it hums alone—
A minstrel's voice now turned to stone.


Sony A7RV

FE 135mm f1.8 GM

Check out Candid 778




Sunday, March 30, 2025

Melbourne Candid Series #1020 Bourke St Mall

 


With glass so wide and light so true,
It draws the gaze to what is due.
The world behind in softened grace,
While one stands sharp in time and space.

Sony A7RV

FE 135mm f1.8 GM

Check out Candid 777





Monday, March 24, 2025

Melbourne Candid Series #1014 Bourke St Mall

 


Upon a bench in city’s thrall,
Just off the path of Bourke St Mall,
A crusted roll in hand so tight,
With flavors rich and pure delight.

The crunch, the taste, a midday treat,
With herbs and spice both fresh and sweet.
A simple feast, yet none compare,
To Banh Mi savored in the air.

Sony A7RV

FE 50mm f1.2 GM

Check out Candid 771





Monday, February 24, 2025

Melbourne Candid Series #986 Bourke St Mall

 


This gentleman possesses a prominent abdominal girth akin to mine. Consequently, he is susceptible to metabolic syndrome. Additionally, he is yet another Melbourne resident attired in black.

Sony A7RV

FE 135mm f1.8 GM

Check out Candid 745






Sunday, February 23, 2025

Melbourne Candid Series 985 Bourke St Mall

 


This middle-aged man walks a path of sorrow. It serves as a poignant reflection of our solitary venture into this world.


Sony A7RV

FE 135mm f1.8 GM

Check out Candid 744 and FACE OFF





Tuesday, December 31, 2024

Melbourne Candid Series #931 Bourke St Mall

 


They are busy in their own chichats

Sony A7RV

FE 50mm f1.2 GM

Check out Candid 690




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Sunday, August 6, 2023

Melbourne Candid Series #409 Bourke St Mall Melbourne

 


Good to walk in the morning, not many people around


Sony A7RIV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM


Check out Candid 251





Monday, February 6, 2023