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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Saturday, May 10, 2008

Faithful Smile

Pic on Flickr by Gemma Wiseman ~ My adorable dog
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Writer's Island prompt ~ Faithful
~
For some ~
Lifeless
Stone
Cement
Means
Cold
Without
Feeling ~
But
There
By the door
Of dawns
And sunsets
You remind me
To practise
The daily art
Of
A faithful
Warm
Smile
~

10 comments:

paisley said...

oh gemma,, that little guy is soooo cute,, i want a magic spell to bring him to life!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Gemma !!!!! How I love dogs ! This fellow is really so cute ! :)
I too have a reference to canine 'faithfulness' in mine !

anthonynorth said...

Cute little fella, that. And I bet it's cheap to keep. Low on food, vet's bills, etc :-)

Anonymous said...

it is a daily art, and it does require practice - unless you're a dog, stone or flesh, and we know: all dogs go to heaven.

Geraldine said...

Sooooo cute Gemma! He really has an interesting smile and what a great way to be reminded to smile,smile,smile! I need one of those, many a day. This brought a smile to my face. Thanks.

Anonymous said...

I'm not a doggy person, but who could fail to be charmed by that little chap!

Stan Ski said...

What friends are for - to remind us of good times and keep us smiling.

Anonymous said...

We need more little guys like him to keep the smiles on our faces. Lovely poem.

Pirate Princess said...

Definitely brought a smile to my face. :)

Jeques said...

Gemma,

People, places and sometimes things like this serves to remind us that life is good and no matter what our days bring we should always manage to smile and life would smile back on us.

Thanks for sharing with us this thing so filled with life bringing us smiles in our faces in a lovely poem that simply did that.

I wish you well.

~ Jeques

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