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, November 29, 2008

Wheel of Divine Mystery


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Believe it or not it is Spring in Australia. But some trees in Dromana, Mornington Peninsula are totally unaware of new seasons and new skies.
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Totally Optional Prompts ~ Kyrielle

The distinctive feature of the kyrielle is that it has a refrain - the final line of every stanza is the same. The name comes from the kyrie, a form of prayer in which each section concludes with the same words: "Kyrie eleison", meaning "Lord have mercy upon us". Repeating whole lines within a poem is sometimes known as rime en kyrielle; this phenomenon is found in quite a number of verse forms.

The verse form called the kyrielle is usually written in iambic tetrameters.
~ Guide to Verse Forms
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Grey dome of mystery
Elusive history
I long for wings to fly
It's time to sail new sky
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Seagulls in flight over Dromana
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To fly into the light
Beyond the tears of night
I yearn for dreams on high
It's time to sail new sky
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Pic by Gemma wiseman ~ Seagull walking in the track treads of a surf rake at Dromana
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Show me some marked out way
In shifting sands of day
I need some steady tie
It's time to sail new sky
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Lovely light at Arthurs Seat
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Please bless me with some sign
Some hope of joy divine
I pray new dawns are nigh
It's time to sail new sky
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6 comments:

DeniseinVA said...

Hi Gemma, stunning photographs. I think they are wonderful.

Jules said...

The weather in Queensland has been very cool and wet and stormy too - in particular some terrible storm damage in Brisbane - like a cyclone!!!!

Anonymous said...

These were great. I can't even pic a favorite.
:-)

Anonymous said...

Poetic shot and text. Beautiful.

Linda Jacobs said...

I love your refrain! It's different and uplifting. and your photos are gorgeous! I keep working on my photography skills but it's just not my forte, unfortunately.

Anonymous said...

Yeah, great refrain!

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