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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Saturday, April 19, 2008

Fire and Rain

Pic from geekus.org
I engage with the Snark --every night after dark-- in a dreamy delirious fight: I serve it with greens in those shadowy scenes, and I use it for striking a light... - Lewis Carroll
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Magical flame burning so bright
Freshening rain a cooling sight
Luminous warming light
Mystic limpid flight
Gorges on brittle barks
Douses stubborn sparks
Burning
Drowning
A little rain in the fire
A little fire in the rain
OR
UPWARD BLINDNESS?
OR
DOWNWARD DEAFNESS?
~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~BALANCE?~~~~~~~

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Your arrangement of the words and the rhymes made me stop and read a few times, which is always a good sign for me.

I like how you can read the lines vertically or across.

What a snark! Enigmatic creature.

totomai said...

i agree with christine, loved the way this poem can be read in many ways.

clever writing :-)

Jan said...

my first focus was on the poetry quote that you included; then, i was amazed at how i could read downward, across AND diagonally and get different messages each time. really a neat approach!

Anonymous said...

Wow- I agree with Jan! This was so well done and it really inspired me to try writing more of this style of poetry!

paisley said...

gemma,, that was so creative on so many levels... i really enjoyed this....

Linda Jacobs said...

I think you've created a new style of poetry! It needs a name! Love it and am going to try it, for sure!

Anonymous said...

The rhymes pulled me from one line to another. There is balance in this, indeed.

Anonymous said...

"Burning Drowning"

Nice! A duality of risks (fears?) Very interesting.

Thanks for crediting me for the image. You're welcome to use it as long as you see fit.

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