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, January 1, 2009

New Year Cinquain


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Closing lights of New Year's Day with a gentle hint of a rainbow ~ Dromana Hills, Mornington Peninsula
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Totally Optional Prompts ~ Cinquain
A Cinquain is a short, unrhymed poem consisting of twenty-two syllables distributed as
2, 4, 6, 8, 2,
in five lines.
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New Year
Sets of questions
Quadratic equations
Answers in the back of the book
Cycles
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12 comments:

totomai said...

first, happy new year Gemma!

i really liked your cinquain, the inclusion of quadratic equation is very clever.

nice metaphor enveloping the poem.

Andy Sewina said...

Love the cinquain.

You're so mathamatical!

Leora said...

Love that cloud, the red roof, and the green tree.

We were looking at a globe last night and discussing where the day begins all over the world. It seems you were one of the first to welcome 2009!

Linda Jacobs said...

I like how this cinquain gets deeper and deeper!

Happy New Year!

Tumblewords: said...

Impressive, as always!

Anonymous said...

May your poetry continue to bring you peace, rhythm, and harmony in your relations with Nature in the New Year.

Anonymous said...

Your blog is beautiful!

I love your cinquain--especially the bit about the answers in the back of the book!

A Wild Thing said...

As I sit here basking in the new year, I suddenly remembered that it is well past for you.

I too loved your cinquain...I will have to try it sometime when the mood strikes and the subject presents itself.

Well, here we go...into the change and beyond...

later friend, you are my best teacher...s

Jane Hards Photography said...

Happy New Year to one of the most original bloggers I drop by. You always respond to the prompts so well.

Anonymous said...

Fun cinquain and lovely sky! Happy New Year to you and yours ;--)
Hugs and blessings,

gautami tripathy said...

Maths in there! Love it!

Have a great creative year 2009!

Butterfly Cinquain

little wing writer said...

gemma... it is magic... ahh, by the sea...

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