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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Thursday, July 24, 2008

Carpark Skies

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Dark skies over Dromana Hub carpark ~ 1
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SkyWatch Friday prompt
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Boiling grizzly skies
Bunching dark leaden burdens
Like secret turmoils
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Pic on Flickr by Gemma Wiseman ~ Dark skies over Dromana Hub carpark ~ 2
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Like secret turmoils
Limping away from the light
Like shadows dragging
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Pic on Flickr by Gemma Wiseman ~ Dark skies over Dromana Hub carpark ~ 3
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Like shadows dragging
Melting in sweet sad dreamings
Like breathless moments
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Pic on Flickr by Gemma Wiseman ~ Dark skies over Dromana Hub carpark ~ 4
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Like breathless moments
Breathing in heavenly airs
Like brilliant diamonds
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30 comments:

sage said...

Interesting skies & haikus--I love the line "Like shadows dragging"

Tom said...

Great set of pictures and words :O)

Anonymous said...

Wonderful cloudy skies! I love last one -- great capture on the sun rays!

EG CameraGirl said...

These are such dramatic skies! Hope you stayed dry.

Pat - Arkansas said...

Very lovely Sky Watch photos and beautiful poetry to go along with them.

SandyCarlson said...

Sure are richly beautiful skies you have there, Gemma.

rachel said...

these are beautiful skies
must have been a bad storm

Anonymous said...

what a wonderful progression of sky that is. Let the sun shine through...

paisley said...

gemma,, that forth shot looks like it should be introducing "new worlds" or something.. a huge white light that came,, and brought with it.......

CaBaCuRl said...

Leaden skies is right...looking quite threatening. Great patterns in the clouds too.

Joyce's Journey said...

Great photo's! I love them! Happy SWF!!

A Wild Thing said...

Love the sky in the last shot, somehow it made me feel awakened and aware, almost a sigh of relief.

sharon

Scotty Graham said...

Gemma, great skies!!

I love your profile...you have lived quite the life, heh?

Cheers,

Scotty

Jane Hards Photography said...

Such stormy dramatic skies. Wonderful series.

This Is My Blog - fishing guy said...

Gemma: Wonderful how you capture the Sky as it slowly improved.

D Herrod said...

What nice photos & poetry

coolgirlsar said...

Loving the stormy clouds and those sunbursts. Happy Skywatch Friday.

Anonymous said...

dramatically beautiful photos that really capture the mood

Jim said...

Hi Gemma, I sure like your theme, carpark photos. The story I read there is that it is early in the morning, on the way to someplace, yet you find prettiness in the almost still dark.
Thanks for peeking in on my (bright) Kansas sky with BK sign.
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Haley H said...

Love the series, especially the way the sun breaks through at the end.

Happy skywatching~

Dewdrop said...

Breathless moments indeed. The sky is amazing. Thanks for sharing, Gemma.

Quiet Paths said...

I love your title and these have amazing, serious looking clouds!

Quiet Paths said...

PS: I admired the kus too and how you arranged the content.

Carletta said...

Great series of images and the end was spectacular! Lovely verses.

Dragonstar said...

Those are really dramatic skies!

Barb said...

Oh, how I love stormy, broody skies!

Jeanne said...

What ominous skies. And how creative to add some haiku for them. You captured it beautifully in words and images.

Kelly said...

Beautiful Sky Watch Photos! Love the clouds!

Marie said...

Great sky watch post :)

Tina Coruth said...

Beautiful post. Ominous clouds until the sun penetrates the darkness. Great haiku!

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