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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Sunday, May 10, 2009

What's It Like


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Entrance to the Careers Expo for senior students at Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne.
The Expo was sponsored by The Age newspaper
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One Single Impression #63 ~ What's It Like
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Being on the edge
That sharp moment between worlds
Today in crisis
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Basic formats of near futures
What's it like to stagger through choices
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Today in limbo
That question between answers
What's it really like
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13 comments:

Jacqueline Dove said...

Very pertinent poem for me as we contemplate our future as 12 years in Zambezia, Mozambique draw to a close. Well stated.

Amias (ljm and liquidplastic) said...

I don't know Greyscale, this is a lot to contemplate on ..Just thinking about the crisis my country is in gives me a headache. I am old, and my time is short, but I feel for the young folks who much not only contemplate what you have set forth, but must also pay the cost.

A very good poem, very thought provoking.

SandyCarlson said...

Lots to think about. I suppose the world crisis is an individual one that unites us and reminds us of how alone we are. Challenging. Thanks for this poem.

Edward S Gault said...

I like the idea of a question between answers. You've given a lot of food for thought here.
Excellent work!

totomai said...

so timely. really really thought provoking

Anonymous said...

Staggering between choices.... oh, how many times I've been in that place.

Beth P. said...

that moment between in and out breath is like...a mini-death. Gives us practice...

Thank you, Gemma--beautiful lines--

Deborah Godin said...

You'e really distilled these down to their essence!

Pam said...

It all comes down to that space between all the questions and all the choices.

Jim said...

Hi Gemma, I'll take living on the edge. That sounds the most exciting. Actually I live between two worlds here in a way but I don't want to go into that here. It isn't exciting.
Oh well, maybe just ignoring the whole problem might be easier. Like playing golf every day or riding a motorcycle. :-)
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Tumblewords: said...

Excellent thoughts, as always. I particularly like 'that question between answers'...

gabrielle said...

live the questions, as much as you'd like to drop to one side or the other

Patti said...

"Being on the edge
That sharp moment between worlds"- great word choice and subject matter...such choices to have to make...

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