Smoke and Mirrors ~ for Totally Optional Prompts AND ReadWritePoem Prompt #19 Go Green

(This pic comes from a delightful collection of London photos.)

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Each day, I travel to work along the sinuous, wobbly road known as the Westernport Highway. It is a single lane road masquerading as a highway simply because it is becoming more and more busy. But that pretence is soon to be reality. Over many recent weeks, (and more to come), trees have been felled, little hills and dales have been levelled, once proud rural homes pathetically beg to be sold and a great pall of suffocating dust hovers round all those who must travel there. Progress is a dirty business.

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Where there's smoke must be fire

Rings of passion spiralling high

Ominous dregs of dreams

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Where there's dreams must be hope

Curling longing spinning freely

Regressive direction

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Scorched trees wimper blackness

In soulless mirrors of water

Waves are set to cold tides

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Where there's a stark spirit

Iced in stagnant wisdom and grief

Lost caves of comfort die

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Postscript: This may seem all dark and gloomy. But something positive is happening in Melbourne. “Moving Galleries” is an on-going project, initiated by a trio of haijin calling themselves Rooku Troupe. They have been instrumental in getting haiku published on decals in Melbourne’s suburban trains. ~ February 25, 2008 HaikuOz

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EARTH HOUR IS SATURDAY 29TH MARCH 2008 AT 8PM!!!!!

Earth Hour 2008 will include the following "partner cities".
Aalborg, Denmark
Aarhus, Denmark
Adelaide, Australia
Atlanta, United States
Bangkok, Thailand
Brisbane, Australia
Canberra, Australia
Chicago, United States
Christchurch, New Zealand

Copenhagen, Denmark
Dubai, UAE
Dublin, Ireland
Lautoka, Fiji
Manila, Philippines
Melbourne, Australia
Montreal, Canada
Odense, Denmark
Ottawa, Canada
Perth, Australia

Phoenix, United States
San Francisco, United States
Suva, Fiji
Sydney, Australia
Tel Aviv, Israel
Toronto, Canada
Vancouver, Canada