AUSTRALIA ~ The Antipodes

AUSTRALIA ~ The Antipodes
I love a sunburnt country / A land of sweeping plains / Of ragged mountain ranges / Of droughts and flooding rains / I love her far horizons / I love her jewel-sea / Her beauty and her terror / The wide brown land for me / ~ Dorothea Mackellar (1885-1968)

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Sunday, April 13, 2008

ABC of a Living Legend ~ for Poefusion

Pic from gothamist
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A long time ago
Before the world became new
Catastrophe ruled
Demonic souls wandered free
Ever searching for some peace
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Forever roaming
Guttered shapes in guttered streets
Hoping for life forms
Intent on finding someone
Jettisoned from the nightmare
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Kites wheel menacing
Lurking shapes in lurking skies
Marauding dark threats
Nihilistic aftermath
Of once proud, progressive worlds
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Potent portent now
Quivering relic of man
Roaming with a dog
Simmering nuclear steams
Taunt any hope with despair
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Under burning earths
Vicious poisons coil and seep
Whimpering answers
X-ray vision is futile
Yesterday's hell lingers on
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Zero ~ It's just Ground Zero
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6 comments:

L said...

nicely done.

poefusion said...

Wow Gemma! You done an excellent job on this form. Did you go see this movie because you seem to have a strong understanding of it. My family and I wanted to go see this but, didn't get the chance. Maybe we can rent it sometime. Anyway, nice job~ Have a nice weekend.

Anonymous said...

Such a great subject for this prompt. This line was especially visual for me: "Vicious poisons coil and seep"!

I did not "notice" the alphabet at all.

Anonymous said...

A bleak view of the world, apocalyptic.

These lines struck me in particular:

Nihilistic aftermath
Of once proud, progressive worlds

paisley said...

very well told.. i haven't seen the film,, but i like the way you make him seem larger than life,, yet very human all in the same breath....

Sadek said...

hi
nice blogger
i lioke it
i hope to have as my friend

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