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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Monday, June 16, 2008

My Shadow/Your Shadow

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ early Sunday afternoon shadows
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Totally Optional Prompts ~ triolet
ABaAabAB ~ (re-posted from 20.5.08)
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Hey Harriet ~ Shadow Shot Sunday #4
N.B. The House in Marrakesh led me to this connection!
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If only I saw you before I knew
And stepped out boldly from my shadow ~
If only I felt that smiles would be few
If only I saw you before I knew
And heard the lyrics askew
And knew the landscape was shallow
If only I saw you before I knew
And stepped out boldly from my shadow
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8 comments:

Tammie Lee said...

I enjoy visiting your blog. You have a lovely creativity in your art(S). I love this line: And stepped out boldly from my shadow. Wonderful.

I don't know if you enjoy memes, but I've tagged you for a totally optional one at my blog

cheers

paisley said...

so lyrical i didn't even catch the form till after i had read the verse... great job!!!!

Stan Ski said...

Life is full of 'if only's'. This highlights a few of them in a way that says 'understanding', rather than 'regret'

Annie Jeffries said...

There is a wonderful completeness of thought and feeling here. All is so well encompassed in just a very few words.

Linda Jacobs said...

I totally understand this poem. I think you were writing abuut me! Love it!

Crafty Green Poet said...

the triolet form suits the regretfulness of your words really well.

Hey Harriet said...

I love your photo & the words that accompany it! Your blog is so full of interesting & fun things. I could spend hours here looking at your images, reading your poetry & clicking on all of these wonderful links you have! Beautiful blog! It will be a regular stop for me now. Glad I found you. Yay for The House of Marrakesh! & thanks so much for playing along with SSS! I love discovering fantastic Aussie blogs :) Hope you're keeping warm in chilly Melbourne!

Lisa's RetroStyle said...

It's funny how people so far apart are thinking of the same things at nearly the same time. Thanks for stopping by and commenting on my fence...yours is cool too. And oddly enough I was taking pictures of trees against the night sky last night as well...I've never done that before. How interesting. Your's are lovely. I don't know if mine will have turned out as I haven't downloaded them yet.
Nice to make your aquaintiance.

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