Gemma's ~~~ "Greyscale Territory" ~~~~~~~ Poetic Songlines: Instinct

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Instinct

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Spring bud waiting to flower in my garden in the Dromana Hills, Mornington Peninsula
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Haiku Heights #19 ~ Instinct
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Today's Flowers #121
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Knowing when to grow
Knowing when to fade away
Features of instinct
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Sensing the season
Tuned to atmospheric moods
Spirit of instinct
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14 comments:

indicaspecies said...: That's a beautiful picture and an equally beautiful Haiku to go with it.
Have a lovely day.
~celine; November 28, 2010 at 7:31 PM
Teresa said...: Great haiku! I love visiting here to see all your beautiful flowers since mine are dead for the winter.; November 29, 2010 at 2:14 AM
eyeography said...: "Features of instinct" and "Spirit of instinct"...
Splendid...Nice use of the prompt..and it completely goes with the picture... :); November 29, 2010 at 2:32 AM
Ruth said...: Great macro work! Love the color. I can already imagine the gorgeous bloom.; November 29, 2010 at 3:00 AM
Cheryl said...: Nice use of instinct. Love the distinction you drew between features and spirit. Sweet flowery inspiration.; November 29, 2010 at 4:06 AM
Amanda Moore said...: Lovely little bud, thank goodness for instinct or we would never see it's beauty!; November 29, 2010 at 11:52 AM
Anonymous said...: This is lovely. I love the color.

Beautiful.

Paz; November 29, 2010 at 2:49 PM
Unknown said...: an exquisite bud, beautifully captured.; November 29, 2010 at 4:09 PM
Arija said...: Lovely Gemma.
Am I right, is that a bud of 'Peace'?; November 29, 2010 at 9:45 PM
Francisca said...: Sweet bud and thoughtful haiku, Gemma.; November 30, 2010 at 3:26 AM
Maxwell Mead Williams Robinson Barry said...: colorful and beautiful Haiku...; December 1, 2010 at 2:29 AM
Carlos Gesmundo said...: Great verse and picture!; December 1, 2010 at 4:39 AM
Nanka said...: Truth spoken and enjoyed the buds instinct.

Have a great start for a festive season ahead!!; December 1, 2010 at 5:24 AM
Míriam Luiza said...: Imagem digna de aplausos! Perfeita!; December 1, 2010 at 8:32 AM

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