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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Friday, May 23, 2008

Come Home

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Night lights at Balnarring, Mornington Peninsula
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Writer's Island Prompt ~ The Return
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I love night lights ~
Jewelled beacons
Leading
The weary
The blind ~
Somehow
There is a silent
Whisper
To seek
Comfort
To relax
In peace ~
To return
Home
~

10 comments:

anthonynorth said...

There is indeed. To comfort, safety. Your poem and image fitted perfectly, here.

Geraldine said...

A great take on the prompt Gemma. I felt all warm and content, reading your lovely words. Photo was perfect too. Well done.

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PS I am still having problems downloading your site and leaving a comment takes a looooooong time too. Wondering if other readers are having similar problems. I don't anywhere else. Thought I should mention.G

Constance Brewer said...

"Jewelled beacons Leading The weary" is such a great image. Nicely done.

Jeques said...

Gemma,

Indeed, any source of light is symbolic of spark of the hope that all of us should seek. Light. Hope. It is everything.

I wish you well.

~ Jeques

Stan Ski said...

It only takes a spark to make the unfamiliar seem familiar, and safe

paisley said...

my home is always lit with multiple little lamps,, each touting its own colored 7 watt bulb... home ....

Robin said...

Lights across a dark expanse of water have always held a particular magic for me.

Rambler said...

oh you make home look so much fun :)

Anonymous said...

It is filled with warmth, your return to home!

end of the world for me

Tammy Brierly said...

This made me warm and peaceful.

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