tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63375576154964953202024-03-04T21:28:02.909-08:00recollection of waterAllis Hamiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00670651830752260229noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337557615496495320.post-12348175783014296802014-08-10T21:40:00.000-07:002014-08-10T21:40:01.288-07:00winter light water<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span id="goog_883444256"></span><span id="goog_883444257"></span><br />Allis Hamiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00670651830752260229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337557615496495320.post-49041263608565782182014-08-10T21:32:00.000-07:002014-08-10T21:36:10.138-07:00where water is cleaned by the trees<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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the beautiful forests of the Victorian highlands</div>
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<br />Allis Hamiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00670651830752260229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337557615496495320.post-21623806825416156672014-07-17T22:21:00.000-07:002014-07-21T05:25:33.303-07:00When the water freezes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I love when winter sets in and<br />
the water element in oxygen condenses and freezes upon all that is exposed to the clear cold sky. <br />
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Where the trees shelter the earth,</div>
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<br />Allis Hamiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00670651830752260229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337557615496495320.post-17903800095233922742014-07-12T22:01:00.000-07:002014-07-17T22:22:40.597-07:00Where the water falls by the ancient stones<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The smoke from burning fires settled upon everything,<br />
Creating a kind of unease that is irksome.<br />
My thoughts, prayers, and love goes out to the fire fighters<br />
And those affected by the fires.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; font-family: "helvetica";"> yesterday was one of those days in australia of late<br /> where the horizon is smudged with smoke<br /> from some far off fire</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; font-family: "helvetica";"> and an eerie resounding feeling abounds<br /> as the heat sticks<br /> and plays game with ones mind.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; font-family: "helvetica";"> inescapable it is,<br /> the drying fierceness<br /> of the pulsing summer sun.<br /><br /> in my youth, summer would come and go<br /> uneventfully, save for burnt skin<br /> and joy of late evenings under the sprinkler.<br /><br /> now it seems to stretch itself<br /> obtusely across the longer part of<br /> the year creating dread for the likes of me and my coolth </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"> © Allis Hamilton </span>Allis Hamiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00670651830752260229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337557615496495320.post-71210587914346600492014-01-03T18:08:00.000-08:002014-01-03T20:11:13.263-08:00I shall not stop dyeing now. Life weaves around<br />
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this most remarkable print,</div>
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the spirit of the mistletoe, </div>
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the leaf that created the mark,</div>
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here he was staring up at me right in the centre of the skirt. </div>
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I shall not stop dyeing now.</div>
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