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, August 8, 2010

Facades of the Connoisseur


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ A moment at the Enchanted Maze Garden, Arthurs Seat, Mornington Peninsula
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One Single Impression #128 ~ Connoisseur
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To be a connoisseur
One must
Recognise
Appreciate and
Understand
The piquant
Enigmatic beauty of
Subtle
Precious
Peaks of
Quality

The connoisseur is
The keeper of secret knowledge
The omniscient judge in a courtroom
The royal taste in
A field of common wheat

To the down-to-earth cynics
The connoisseur is merely
The aloof dialect in a
Herd of colloqialisms

But sometimes
The connoisseur is
The humble critter who treasures
The worm in the bud


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9 comments:

gautami tripathy said...

Rightly said!

musty scent of love

Amity said...

so very true Gemma and you didn't mince words here!

love it dear! thanks for your beautiful take on my prompt suggestion!

Vinay Leo R. said...

oh yes, that IS a connoisseur for sure! :)

Loch Rob said...

Your words describe it so well. I like this! I also like the idea that the sparrow is a connoisseur of fine worms. Very nice.

Anonymous said...

Impressed by your honest reality !


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Tumblewords: said...

Oh, yes - it is about the perfect worm, too! I chose that image as well. Excellent post, as always.

Harshad Mehta said...

Wow! yes experts have their own way to see finer beauty in art.

Ramesh Sood said...

Ah, matters of heart in the hands of experts so filled with knowledge.. when have emotion met knowledge..ah, well I find knowledge becoming emotional here or is it emotion turned in ot knowledge.. well, well I am no connoisseur.. well written..

gabrielle said...

The royal taste
in a common field of wheat

Wonderfully expresses how removed we can become from essence.
Well done. Loved the last verse!

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