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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Thursday, November 27, 2008

Like Mona Lisa


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Student artwork in an art room
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3WW prompt #CXIII ~ fury + guilt + thankful
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Bars of strident light
Tangle of upturned metals
Slash the photo space
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But it is the eyes
Simmering just off centre
The eyes of fury
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The eyes of fury
Tangle the upturned senses
Wring the photo space
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Some intruding guilt
Captures the senses off guard
Snaps the comfort zone
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Like Mona Lisa
Like Mona Lisa's strange eyes
Watching the watcher
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Thankful for metals
The sharp blare of brazen light
Distracting escapes
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4 comments:

paisley said...

where you see fury,, i see desperate hope.. like a mother looking at her child hoping desperately this will be the time it finally sinks in.....

Eleanor said...

Oh the eyes of fury just off centre! Wonderful pic and a striking poem. I also visited a student art exhibition yesterady - silverwork done by final year students at our local technical university. Whimsical, unusual and beautiful!

Anonymous said...

I like "the eyes of fury" - it's always the eyes that say so much

nice take on the 3ww

Carrie and Troy Keiser said...

I love the two where the clouds seem to explode and scatter small bits all around. Thanks for your visit.

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