Collage by Gemma Wiseman ~ 2 of my pics superimposed = my log fire + gull skimming the waters at Blairgowrie, Mornington Peninsula
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One Single Impression #119 ~ Icarus
Haiku Bones #26 ~ Quietly
Monday Poetry Train Revisited #83
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Pretend to have wings
Reckless exhileration
Eternal waxworks
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Drifting quietly
Universal predator
Icarus still burns
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NOTE: The reference in the last haiku is to the asteroid Icarus which came "close" to a collision course with Earth in 1968.
It is expected Icarus may pay a return visit!
So the poem depicts two Icarus personas -
one of legend and one of...
P.S. Icarus must be in the air.
Roland D Yeomans at Writing in the Crosshairs has presented a beautiful post called
The Icarus Wind
He begins:
It's a lovely song by the equally lovely {and evocative} Thea Gilmore. The Icarus Wind is also the spirit which sweeps us up and hurls us into the misty clouds where our dreams live.
It is a dangerous realm. There is no promise of success. And there is no safety net to catch us should we fall...
And then he creates a lively "dialogue" of the Icarus journey of getting writing published!
MY NEW MEME 
Weekend Mailbox #8 is HERE
Ned Kelly and a singing postman are there! Check them out!
AND
MY NEW MEME 
Weekend Nature #3 is HERE!
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)
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Icarus ~ Drowning Wings on Fire
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16 comments:
Scary thought. I went for the Tanka format again My Poem
I love the collage-but not the idea of Icarus the asteroid which I didn't know about! Hopefully it will avoid us!
I too find myself hoping that the latter-day Icarus does not follow the path of the mythical man, and tumble down to the earth!
I did not know about the asteroid Icarus...I hope he never visits us again! Loved your image and words.
Yes, I will pretend!
Interesting thought, this! Liked it..
Fascinating post -- on so many levels. thanks for sharing.
almost scary...but very interesting at the same time...
Beautiful post. Thank you for mentioning mine on your blog.
The picture is lovely and haunting.
One day something will collide with the earth. It's not a matter of if only of when. So we should treasure each moment, each friend, each flash of beauty. As I treasure the photos and poetry I find here, Roland
Great image and a sharp reminder of our vulnerability.
Lovely processed digital photos - It has terrific depth and quality. The words and narrative that follows are full of wisdom, wonder and what-if. So very nice.
Your visual collage puts me in mind of the seabirds currently being coated in oil off the US coast. Quite powerful.
And I enjoyed your haiku duo.
So very visual..
incomplete yet so replete
This is awesome, Gemma! Thanks for the knowledge of the Icarus asteroid which will forever hover in my mind. ha!
Fascinating imagery, both photo and verse.
excellent likeness to icarus especially so the asteroid
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