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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Monday, August 4, 2008

Lonely sea and sky?

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Sea and sky at the close of a Dromana winter day ~ Mornington Peninsula
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Weekend Snapshot #48
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After rainy
Cold days
I ached for the warm glows of
A sunset
Any sunset
~
But I found
The gentle
Embracing
Enchantment of
Midnight blue seas
Rippling to
Pastel lights
Shrouded in
Grey
~

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Dromana in pale winter evening light
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After frantic hours in
A frenzied week
I longed for lonely spaces
~
And yet
A distant ship on
A far horizon meant
Welcome company
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Last look at light over Dromana beach
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I longed to linger
To stay in
Endless
Freedom ~
To leave
The wires
The traps
The suffocating
Sneers of
Soulless
Ritual and
Duty
~
But then
I glimpsed
The colours of
Hope
Still there
In between
~

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Beautiful lines Gemma. And what are those lines in the last shot, transmission lines?

tanabata said...

Beautiful! You know, I really envy you that view!

SabineM said...

Gemma beautiful skies and fabulous lines! Thank you

maryt/theteach said...

Gorgeous shots, Gemma for the weekend! Happy WS! :)

Anonymous said...

I can send you some heat and humidity from Florida.

A Wild Thing said...

Winter does make you feel like that lonely ship, waiting for a glimpse of a sundrenched shore...heat index today in Iowa 108, don't ask about the humidity, Scratchy won't even go outside. This I will deal with happily, the winter is almost unbearable. Beautiful shots Gemma, I'm feeling the salt air.

sharon

Anonymous said...

Beautiful pictures and poems.. Thanks for sharing! :)

Lilli & Nevada said...

that is beautiful

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