Gemma's ~~~ "Greyscale Territory" ~~~~~~~ Poetic Songlines: Our night has limited eyesight...

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Our night has limited eyesight...

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Night lights sailing Port Phillip Bay as viewed from Dromana, Mornington Peninsula
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3WW #CXLVIII ~ darkness + patronise + weaken
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Lights in the darkness
Just humanity's glow worms
Limited sailing
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Inventions weaken
Never patronise Nature
Cycles recycle
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17 comments:

Lost Mermaid said...: 'cycle recycles' lovely phrase !!! liked the post :); July 29, 2009 at 9:13 PM
anthonynorth said...: You've captured nature right there.; July 29, 2009 at 10:32 PM
Sherri B. said...: Wonderful words...the photograph is beautiful!; July 30, 2009 at 1:07 AM
gautami tripathy said...: I love glow worms!

patronising darkness weakens me; July 30, 2009 at 1:42 AM
Americanising Desi said...: i love your take :)

My 3 WW; July 30, 2009 at 1:43 AM
Thom Gabrukiewicz said...: I really like all the lines, catchy and clever.

The Path; July 30, 2009 at 6:34 AM
Linda Jacobs said...: Glow worms! Perfect!; July 30, 2009 at 6:37 AM
Bobbie said...: GLOW WORMS!!! Seriously, I SMILED reading this. Excellent writing!; July 30, 2009 at 10:37 AM
Mark said...: I love the 2nd Haiku. Last line was perfect...; July 30, 2009 at 12:09 PM
Tumblewords: said...: Nice! Your words are so descriptive and yet allow room for the reader's thought!; July 30, 2009 at 12:37 PM
quin browne said...: yeah, i'm loving the cycle-recycle line.; July 30, 2009 at 12:57 PM
Anya Padyam said...: Cycles recycle is a catchy phrase! Nice one:); July 30, 2009 at 1:05 PM
PJD said...: I love the night sailing one.; July 30, 2009 at 2:44 PM
Ann (bunnygirl) said...: Deceptively simple. "Never patronise Nature." I love it!; July 30, 2009 at 2:54 PM
Stan Ski said...: Don't fix what ain't brokeen.; July 31, 2009 at 11:48 AM
when the musics over said...: I love the image of humanity's glow worms! Excellent take.; August 1, 2009 at 1:50 AM
bluebethley said...: Hello, Gemma. We both took on 3www and connected to nature. I love your pictures and this poem fits so well. Also, part of a story I'm working on is set in islands off Bass Strait, so it was fun to see your map. Keep blogging!; August 4, 2009 at 12:37 PM

Archive of Blog Quotes

A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken. ~James Dent
Autumn is an introspective season when stray thoughts of the mind dive into the mystique of the soul - Gemma Wiseman
Autumn is the bridesmaid of Summer and the flowergirl of Winter ~ Gemma Wiseman
Autumn whispers the tones of yesterday in a minor key ~ Gemma Wiseman
Love is born / With a dark and troubled face, / When hope is dead / And in the most unlikely place; / Love is born, / Love is always born. - Michael Leunig's Christmas Song Cycle "Southern Star"
Spring paints the stars of heaven in Earth colours ~ Gemma Wiseman
Summer sizzles with a sibilant hush / Broken by dreams of / Clinking ice ~ Gemma Wiseman
The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul. - G.K. Chesterton
Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all. - Stanley Horowitz
Winter is the fire, simmering lonely in the soul ~ Gemma Wiseman
Winter is the shadow, the etching of the seasons in the mist ~ Gemma Wiseman