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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Sunday, June 21, 2009

One World


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Magpies waiting outside a small, old Dromana home, Mornington Peninsula
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One Single Impression #69 ~ Assimilation
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Civilisation
Black and white winged questionings
Hope for common ground
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16 comments:

The Dark Lord said...

You have a wonderful blog... my first visit here and its been quite an experience!
I loved your poem.... you meant so much with so few lines... really effortless and graceful! The concept of "common ground" summed it all up!

sgreerpitt said...

Wonderful photo. Both poem and photo cause us to wonder -- who's assimilating whom?

Jeeves said...

Wonderful.....Nice poem and photo

Beth P. said...

Gemma--
I really appreciate the openness and hopefulness of this poem, and really smiled at the photo. Those rascals...

spacedlaw said...

Love the thieves for trying.

Quiet Paths said...

That is really humanity's only hope, I believe. Thank you for this.

Tammie Lee said...

powerful little poem.

SandyCarlson said...

Indeed--that we might land.

Sherri B. said...

Such a powerful statement with so few words! I loved seeing the magpies. :~)

Pam said...

I love your use of the black and white magpies to illustrate assimilation.

gautami tripathy said...

In one word:

Profound!

stolen from the air

Maggie said...

Little did say much

gabrielle said...

It is not our differences that separate us but our inability/unwillingness to celebrate them. The commonalities are far more common but often overlooked.
A beautifully delicate poem. Love the light and shadow.

Tumblewords: said...

powerful...

Patti said...

I loved this! So succinct and powerfully stated~ I also got "lost" in your blog getting to the poem and had a wonderful time looking at everything...you are amazing with all your poems and photos!

Edward S. Galt said...

Very philosophical.
Enjoyable poem.

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