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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Friday, August 13, 2010

Piped From Yesterday


Mag 27
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Rusty memories
Piping from a peeling life
Laid bare and wasted
~

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10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Gemma? Is this MY Gemma from many years ago? Have I found you again?

I was once a member of an online support group. I was contemplating leaving an abusive relationship, but could not bring myself to make a decision that would change my life....for the better or worse, I had no idea.

One of my chat room friends called me from Australia that night, and helped me make a decision.

Could you possibly be THAT Gemma???

Tess Kincaid said...

I love "piping from a peeled life". Beautiful haiku.

The Urban Cowboy said...

I can relate to this haiku. Very nice.

Nessa said...

I love all of the hard sounds in your haiku.

Helen said...

Your haiku is powerful ....

Mike B. @ slugyard.com said...

Love the photo. A testament to human ingenuity!

Claudia said...

wow - piping from a peeling life - excellent write!

Anonymous said...

What a beautiful Haiku! It does a great job of capturing the image.

Suz said...

wow your good at haiku
enjoyed this one
aas all the others

Brian Miller said...

piping from a peeled life...has just the ring to it...tight haiku! nice mag!

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