Showing posts with label wishes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wishes. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

SkyWatch ~ Ten Minutes of Wonder


Another of those coldish mornings where getting out of bed
seems a drag and I really wanted to turn over and close my
optics a while longer. It definitely did not seem promising but,
one has to get something for skywatch, right?


Less than a minute later the sky came alive


as the fire burst forth and took over,


burning so fiercely that I almost wanted to flee. The flames
engulfing the clouds above and turning the whole landscape


rose red.


To the south there was a golden haze with touches of pink


in the east, it became apparent where the golden fleece originated


and the trees were a blood red. The whole show, and I have
30 shots to prove it, lasted just ten minutes.



What better way to see the year out than another spectacular sunrise?

Wishing everyone a wonder full 2012, may you all stay safe and healthy
and retain the eyes of a child as you click your way through the year!

Sunday, August 24, 2008

The Unicorn

Painting by Anna-Louisa Flint aged about 5 at the time.
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By moonlit night
she wakes and wanders
the wild wood path adorning
so seldom glimpsed by human kind
shimmering through the dappled light
she wends her way along the creek
her eyes with stars aglimmer
reflections from a sighing pool
only the open mind can see.
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A small girl hurries dreamily
a summer garland in her hand
knowing there is a unicorn
in noon-day's heat she's singing
and lo the singing draws her nigh
to answer childish dreaming
their wishes realized
the garland round her neck lies gleaming
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Believe the tales that children tell
the truths we have forgotten
drink deeply from the unspoilt well
and drift into the world once lost
to marvel at it's splendour.
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