Wildlife in Suburbia

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Rosellas at Arthurs Seat, Mornington Peninsula
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Matinee Muse prompt #12 ~ Against all odds
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Suburbia worlds
Some wildlife thrives on feeders
Against all known odds
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No Contest

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Tootgarook sunlight, Mornington Peninsula
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Matinee Muse prompt #7 ~ Undying Optimism
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Clouds filled with white light
Seas jewelled with glittering stars
Dark shapes cringe in awe
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The Underdog in a Bottle

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Relic on an early, wintry Sunday morning in Dromana, Mornington Peninsula
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Matinee Muse prompt #5 ~ Spirit of the Underdog
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A lonely brown bottle
Lingering in a
Plain
Torn
Paperbag
On a
Shadowed
Empty
Table
Deep
In
The weeping hours of
A chilly
Sunday morning
Is like
A relic ~
A small
Small
Requiem to
The spirit of
The underdog
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Grandeur is a Hunger

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Variety of houses on the Mornington Peninsula
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Matinee Muse Week 4 prompt ~ Delusions of Grandeur
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For many of us
Property
Symbolises
Grandeur
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A big house with
Expensive trimmings means
Grandeur
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But as the Namibian colonials discovered
Human "plastic" grandeur cannot compete with
Mother Nature ~
The sands of time
Swamp and having
Possessed
Power on
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The substance of human grandeur
Is only as strong as
The flow of wealth ~
Remove the Money River and
The Golden Willow
Dies
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ A precious home
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Just a few weeks ago
I saw an old man
At the front of his tiny home ~
He was standing before
A little crop of daffodils
Boldly weathering
The rough, stony soil
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His face beamed with smiles ~
He seemed to be sailing a wave of delight
Known only to him
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He turned to me
Just pointed to his gold
And clasped his hands in
The mode of prayer ~
I joined his smile ~
That's all he seemed to want ~
For then
He simply shuffled away
Down his pathway
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I walked very slowly on ~
Thinking ~
Then walked slowly back and
Took a pic of his world ~
Just for the memory
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I knew
I sensed ~
He had a delusion of grandeur that
Reached
Satisfied
The hungry soul
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An oasis
Defying
The sands
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Dark Living

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Shadowy light over Safety Beach, Mornington Peninsula
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Matinee Muse Prompt ~ Life in the Shadows
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Shadows
Like silken waters
Like silken waters running
Running in deep nights
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Living
Living in darkness
Living in secretive nights
Like secret waters
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Blindness
Blindness in darkness
Sailing dark waters blindly
Sailing in secret
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Stagnant
Stagnant still waters
Stagnant life in the shadows
Frozen dark living
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