Thanks, jon! The title means "a flower under the rain" in French. Sometimes I like to write titles in other languages to make them sound a bit fancy :) I have no idea what type of flower that is. I sure wish I did, though! As for the weird punctuation, I remember back in high school, in English class, having to read poems with all kinds of strange and weird punctuation use, so I just thought I'd follow suit :) Thanks for pointing out "heart wrenching." I think I'll leave it, though; I like the way it looks as one word (yay for artist license, lol). Thanks again! -Dave

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=406796&Start=1&Artist=dtwelves&ByArtist=Yes

Well, here goes nothing :) This is my first "challenge." Taken on a 4MP Kodak DX4900 on a rainy New England day. (sorry the image looks a bit grainy here, I had to compress it to post it here - see the link for the full-color image) The link above is to the original post, along with my attempt at a poem to go along with it :) Thanks for suggesting this challenge, dialyn! And good job to everyone who has posted so far, the images are looking great! Thank you for looking! -Dave P.S. - there is a thin black frame around the entire image (aside from the white and black frame); it looks pretty good on a white background, I think. You can see it here: http://www.status-alert.com/dtwelves/renderosity/une_fleur_sous_la_pluie/une_fleur_sous_la_pluie.jpg

Ahah! A clickable link makes life much easier! Thank you, dialyn! I entered the challenge at your request :) And thanks for the comment, I appreciate it! -Dave