Icarus ~ Drowning Wings on Fire

Collage by Gemma Wiseman ~ 2 of my pics superimposed = my log fire + gull skimming the waters at Blairgowrie, Mornington Peninsula
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One Single Impression #119 ~ Icarus
Haiku Bones #26 ~ Quietly
Monday Poetry Train Revisited #83
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Pretend to have wings
Reckless exhileration
Eternal waxworks
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Drifting quietly
Universal predator
Icarus still burns
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NOTE: The reference in the last haiku is to the asteroid Icarus which came "close" to a collision course with Earth in 1968.
It is expected Icarus may pay a return visit!
So the poem depicts two Icarus personas -
one of legend and one of...

P.S. Icarus must be in the air.
Roland D Yeomans at Writing in the Crosshairs has presented a beautiful post called
The Icarus Wind
He begins:
It's a lovely song by the equally lovely {and evocative} Thea Gilmore. The Icarus Wind is also the spirit which sweeps us up and hurls us into the misty clouds where our dreams live.
It is a dangerous realm. There is no promise of success. And there is no safety net to catch us should we fall...
And then he creates a lively "dialogue" of the Icarus journey of getting writing published!

MY NEW MEME
Weekend Mailbox #8 is HERE
Ned Kelly and a singing postman are there! Check them out!
AND
MY NEW MEME
Weekend Nature #3 is HERE!

It is never too late...

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ A family spending time by the Autumn waters of Gunnamatta, Westernport Bay, Mornington Peninsula
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Carry on Tuesday #55 ~ This week our prompt is a quote from the author Tom Robbins:
It is never too late to have a happy childhood...
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Haiku Bones #25 ~ Miracle
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Waves return
Like echoes

Waves cycle
Like seasons

Waves are repetitive rhythms
Like refrains in a song

Waves never judge
Like the faithful spirit of a dog
Always there
Always just giving time
Just giving

Waves are like the fanciful questions and answers of childhood
Echoing
Cycling
A refrain
Always just giving
To those who wish to enjoy
Through the eyes of a child

It is never too late
To enjoy the spirit of waves
To experience
A glimpse of
Childhood wonder
Childhood happiness
To be
A child
For a little while
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HAIKU POSTSCRIPT
Wild surf of childhood
Lingering currents of time
Miracle moments
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MY NEW MEME
Weekend Mailbox #7 is HERE!
AND
MY NEW MEME
Weekend Nature #2 is HERE!

Night Rain

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Early on a recent Autumn evening, I took this shot of rain from the comfort of my car parked at the Dromana Mall, Mornington Peninsula
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Haiku Bones #20 ~ Night Rain
Monday Poetry Train Revisited #77
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When mourners lessen
When wars seem vacant places
There's always night rain

When age wearies some
And only the past gives hope
There's always night rain

When happiness drowns
When life is just survival
There's always night rain

When the spirit sighs
When crowds seem lonely spaces
There's always night rain
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MY NEW MEME
Weekend Mailbox #2 is HERE!

A Song for Two and a Postscript

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ A slightly dusty 2 o'clock...
Time and times just slightly out of line...
Dust to dust...
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Haiku Bones #16 ~ Two O'Clock
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Two feet for walking
Two organs to hear and see
Two arms seek embrace
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Two hands to create
Two shoulders to cry upon
Two knees to kneel
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Two mournful bell tones
Two hours beyond deep midnight
Two o'clock curfew
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Joy Has Sprung!

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ When the tides are low at Rosebud beach, Mornington Peninsula on Port Phillip Bay, sandbars appear like little islands in the water.
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SOOC Sunday #72
Haiku Bones #15 ~ Illogical
Carry on Tuesday #45 ~ This week our prompt is the opening of the poem The Poet and his Song by Paul Laurence Dunbar:
A song is but a little thing,
And yet what joy it is to sing!
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Private slim sandbar
Who knows why they are out there
Illogical joy
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Outside perceptions
A song is such a small thing
Quizzical purpose
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Inner persuasions
A song is a raging tide
Craving an outlet
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A Hive of Pleasure by the Sea

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Beautiful, gentle and warm autumn light brings everyone out for some time by the sea.
This photo was taken at Flinders beach, Westernport Bay, Mornington Peninsula
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Scenic Sunday #87
Haiku Bones #14 ~ Pregnant
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Pregnant with beauty
A place to walk, ride, sail, swim
A place to just be
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Walking With Waters

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Water play at Rosebud beach at low tide, Mornington Peninsula
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SOOC Sunday #69
Haiku Bones #12 ~ Sleep
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Last days of summer
Sleep is a land far away
Water's the moment
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Welcome Nugget at Melbourne Museum and a Thank You!

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Last Wednesday I was on a school excursion to Melbourne Museum.
There I photographed this amazing gold nugget ~ at least a reproduction!
The real one, known as the Welcome Nugget, was found in 1858 at Ballarat, north of Melbourne.
The nugget weighed 63kg. of water-worn gold.
It was sold for 10,500 pounds and was exported to London where it was melted down.
But as I gazed at the reproduction, what intrigued me most was the three dimensional shadow effect from the array of museum spot lights! Fascinating!
NOTE: And strangely, between this post and the last one, I have passed the 30,000 mark of visitors from 120 countries.
My own little piece of precious gold!
Thank you so much to all those who have taken time to wander here!
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Shadow Shot Sunday #91
Haiku Bones #10 ~ Seductive
One Single Impression #103 ~ Gold
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Precious ragged chunk
Like spewed frozen gold lava
Seductive treasure
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Summer Garden Music

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Beautiful summer flowers at Seawinds, Arthurs Seat, Mornington Peninsula
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Today's Flowers #78
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Haiku Bones #9 ~ Breath
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Like large pink trumpets
Happy music in summer
A breath of beauty
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Uncanny Presence of the Ancients

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ In the Enchanted Maze Garden at Arthurs Seat, Mornington Peninsula there are many carvings in old tree trunks.
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Haiku Bones #8 ~ Uncanny
SOOC Sunday #65
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Carved face in old woods
Bearded wisdom of ancients
Uncanny watcher
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Fluttering Blue Shadows

Collage by Gemma Wiseman ~ Blue sheets fluttering in the summer breeze created wonderful changing shadow patterns!
NOTE: I have just learnt in the comments that clothes lines are outlawed in some communities in the U.S.
I was wondering why?
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Shadow Shot Sunday #88
Haiku Bones #7 ~ Peace
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Blowing in the wind
Shadows alive with sunlight
Mesmerising peace
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Sacred Incandescents

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Coloured shadows cast by the motif on my bed head.
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Shadow Shot Sunday #87
Haiku Bones #6 ~ Incandescent
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Colours on the wall
Like incandescent shadows
Like sacred windows
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Summer Pulses

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Summer waters around Dromana pier pylons, Mornington Peninsula
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Haiku Bones #5 ~ Trembling
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Sidling sands and seas
Trembling rhythms of summer
Secretive shadows
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Electrifying

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~
Stormy night sky in the Dromana Hills, Mornington Peninsula - 30th October 2009
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Haiku Bones Prompt #4 ~ Electrifying
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Brooding silhouettes
Surreal dark seas split by light
Electrifying
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