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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Friday, June 13, 2008

Beyond the Canna Lily

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Rainy rear side window of car
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Sunday Scribblings Prompt ~ Guide
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Since the dawn of my digital camera days
Unexpected beauty in
Unexpected frames
Is a guide to
New scenes
New stories
New poetry through
New eyes
~

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Rain on plant ~ 1
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The humble canna lily ~
Often clumped to fill an awkward space ~
In close up
Can be a delight of mysterious colour tones
In a delicate bouquet of
Raindrops
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Part of Year 9's Asian Experience display
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But candlight
Softly flickering
By even the smallest feast
Becomes a guide for the senses
To the highest treasures in
The deepest wells
~

And there are other guides. Life skills, personal experiences and school are all guides for living. In my recent post on AuraGem Songlines, called 3 faces of early learning, I reflect on different reactions to learning.



6 comments:

totomai said...

oh very true Gemma. i can really relate to this one :-) hehe.

loved the 3rd pic. the oriental setting is close to my heart :-)

gautami tripathy said...

Great guides, these. I love the pictures you post!

guiding lights?

paisley said...

well i truly find your camera has become a guide of sorts,, and i love where it has been leading you....

danni said...

it sounds like your "new" eye has inspired a whole new perspective - how exciting!!!

LA Nickers said...

Great post and photos!

Blessings,
Linda

IN MY FATHER’S FIELD, at Nickers and Ink

Tammy Brierly said...

My digital camera has made me see beauty I'd have never noticed. Love your three poems especially "bouquet of raindrops."

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