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Sunday, August 15, 2010

Where's the Sun?

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ A rainy scene on the Nepean Highway at Rosebud, Mornington Peninsula
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Haiku Heights Prompt #4 ~ Struggle
Haiku Heights theme today is suggested by Nanka of Quills.
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Endless days of rain
Struggle to find sunny thoughts
Inner strength challenge
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Three Lines from Your Heart
A Haiku Art
Hosted by Leo

8 comments:

Magical Mystical Teacher said...: Isn't rain liquid sunshine? :-)

My Haiku Heights; August 15, 2010 9:40 PM
Leo said...: monsoon is a struggle here too ... good one Gemma! :); August 16, 2010 2:48 AM
'Tsuki said...: It seems that the sun is on the flashy umbrella... Nice catch !; August 16, 2010 4:33 AM
Stan Ski said...: The rain we've all been waiting for has finally arrived - soon we'll make the same complaint...; August 16, 2010 12:56 PM
Sallie (FullTime-Life) said...: This picture reminds me so much of Oregon during the Winter and a big reason why we sold our house and began our traveling life. It's hard for me to remain cheerful and upbeat in constant grey.

I know some creative people like the rainy days and, in fact, most of my kids don't mind it nearly as much as I did.; August 17, 2010 6:55 AM
Amity said...: Yes Gemma you are right, everyone struggles when rainy days come, as if it is endless...:)

Nice take on the prompt! :); August 17, 2010 5:59 PM
Jingle said...: vivid demonstration of struggles..; August 19, 2010 11:56 PM
jingleyanqiu said...: http://jingleyanqiu.wordpress.com/2010/08/19/haiku-struggle-plus-belated-birthdays-awards/

three awards for you.
help us visit 4 friends who have been celebrating birthdays ..; August 19, 2010 11:56 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