Gemma's ~~~ "Greyscale Territory" ~~~~~~~ Poetic Songlines: Poetic Pieces of Life ~ Umbrella

Saturday, April 5, 2008

Poetic Pieces of Life ~ Umbrella

Pic by salihguler on Deviant Art ~ Black Umbrella
~
I wandered lonely
On black iced beach sands
The dawn was paling
In billowing grey lights
The clouds were at my feet
But I carried a black umbrella
Like a sword
Just in case the clouds
Moved back
~

3 comments:

paisley said...: i love this one.. i knw well the feeling of being prepared,, of knowing that you will not be caught with your guard down again....; April 5, 2008 at 10:08 PM
Anonymous said...: I like this too.

Paz; April 5, 2008 at 11:59 PM
Felicity said...: wow
this was really beautiful; April 7, 2008 at 4:41 PM

Archive of Blog Quotes

A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken. ~James Dent
Autumn is an introspective season when stray thoughts of the mind dive into the mystique of the soul - Gemma Wiseman
Autumn is the bridesmaid of Summer and the flowergirl of Winter ~ Gemma Wiseman
Autumn whispers the tones of yesterday in a minor key ~ Gemma Wiseman
Love is born / With a dark and troubled face, / When hope is dead / And in the most unlikely place; / Love is born, / Love is always born. - Michael Leunig's Christmas Song Cycle "Southern Star"
Spring paints the stars of heaven in Earth colours ~ Gemma Wiseman
Summer sizzles with a sibilant hush / Broken by dreams of / Clinking ice ~ Gemma Wiseman
The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul. - G.K. Chesterton
Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all. - Stanley Horowitz
Winter is the fire, simmering lonely in the soul ~ Gemma Wiseman
Winter is the shadow, the etching of the seasons in the mist ~ Gemma Wiseman