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, July 18, 2008

Walking the Boardwalks

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Boardwalk at Balnarring wetlands, Mornington Peninsula
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Rockin' Chair Writers #3 ~ Prompt B ~ “What days in your life will you always remember and why?”
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Always remember
Golden October mornings
Walking the boardwalks
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Always remember
Whispering sighs of waters
Falling from gruff rocks
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Always remember
Simmering bush scents in spring
Fired by soft rains
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Always remember
Feeling at peace with nature
Letting my storms pass
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Always keep trying
To capture serenity
Walking the boardwalks
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9 comments:

A Wild Thing said...

I am satisfied to know that I will have volumns of beauitful memories to comfort me on my journey home...down the boardwalk.

sharon

Anonymous said...

Thanks for participating in the Rockin' Chair Writers.

I like your take on the prompt, the series of days in the same place but different times.

rebecca said...

oh, gemma, that was lovely. i most especially liked "whispering sighs of waters falling from gruff rocks." how descriptively magnificent is that!

you take very nice pictures of your homeland. i have come to know it more because of you. keep up the good work.

anthonynorth said...

You describe it just right. I never feel so calm as when surrounded by the magnificence of nature.

Andy Sewina said...

Lovely poem and what a wonderful picture, you are so lucky to live in such a beautiful place.

Tammy Brierly said...

Your beautiful imagery went so well with what you did with your picture. Really serene.

Robin said...

Your imagery is so vivid that even those of us who've never been there can remember.

paisley said...

this was beautiful gemma,, i so envy your affinity with nature...

Susan Helene Gottfried said...

Everyone's already said it so well. So let me just say that I've been restless this afternoon and this took me outside myself and soothed me, at least for the moment. Thanks.

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