Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ A view of boats offshore at Rosebud beach, Mornington Peninsula
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Monday Poetry Potluck ~ Week #15 ~ Reflections, Interpretations and Musings
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Journeys completed
A mix of rough and still seas
Christmas anchorage
I feel a better sailor
Seas yet to be sailed
A mix of fear and wonder
New year challenges
I hope I practise new skills
And in the rolling
Chameleon
Mists
May the music of life
Emerge...
Take form
Substance
Reach
Charm
Soothe
The cowering shadows of
The mind
The lonely sighs of
The soul
Jingle Poetry's Poetry Potluck is hosted by Amanda and Kavita 
THE MEANING OF AUTUMN
Autumn is the bridesmaid of Summer and the flowergirl of Winter.
Autumn whispers the tones of yesterday in a minor key.
~ Gemma Wiseman
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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- "I Am Australian" - delightful Australian images synchronise with a song of the Australian spirit - The Seekers
- "Great Southern Land" - the deepest wells of the Australian spirit - Icehouse (1989)
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- Tia Kane Art - Chinese art through Australian eyes
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- Ian Wallace - Award winning photographer from Tasmania
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Tasmania
View near Blackwood Park Cottages, Mole Creek
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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
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9 comments:
Strong writing - I enjoyed the juxtaposition between courage and fear.
Stillness ill the year end and away they go battling fresh challenges in the New Year!! I enjoyed this Gemma!!
Wishing you the very best this season and a bright New Year too!!
lovely words.. mines here- http://fiveloaf.wordpress.com/2010/01/23/painted-hallways/
love your entry,
divine flow...
A++
gemma- I love the hope for the new year, barely taking time to reflect while anchored after a busy time. Many of us are in this place this time of year. Merry Christmas!
Chameleon mists - an epic wording!
Brilliant work :)
May the new year bring happiness and new opportunities in your life...
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Hope to see you in, Happy Friday, best wishes for the year of 2011.
xoxox
I love the imagery here- and the photos.
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