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Melinda J. Irvine

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Home » Places

Category: Places

places i visit.

the ever popular blue mountains

What is Rain?

by Melinda J. Irvine3 October 20173 October 2017

Feeling athletic we scramble down (jackets off, hats on, sun hot) to the popular spot we rest among passing long weekenders and languages we don't understand. Rain lands on our shoulders rain lands on our hats rain lands on our…

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Free Verse, Nature, Places, Poetry DailyPrompt, introtopoetry, Poetry, Poetry101, Rain
Crowds leave the Shrine of Agtalin

How do I say friend in a single photograph?

by Melinda J. Irvine7 June 20176 November 20177 Comments

Attending mass at the Shrine of Agtalin on the first Saturday of the month is a religious tradition practiced by thousands in the Capiz and Iloilo provinces of the Philippines. The Shrine of Agtalin is located in Pilar, Capiz (Philippines).

Culture, Places DailyPrompt, Friendship, PhotoChallenge, Shrine of Agtalin

A Simple Island Life

by Melinda J. Irvine9 May 20174 Comments

Each morning begins before the sun appears over the cliff raining daylight along the leeward living below our 21st century sun. Monkeys grab at fruit scraps (sometime pets) a few chickens and fecund dogs wander a small shore. Children squeal…

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Free Verse, People, Places, Poetry DailyPrompt, Free Verse, Islas de Gigantes, Poetry, Postaday

Perpetual Tourist

by Melinda J. Irvine30 October 201612 February 20182 Comments

How do you find a sense of belonging when living between two countries? In 2004 I travelled to New Zealand for the first time with my BFF Jac. Both of us keen SCUBA divers, Jac eagerly told me about an…

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Culture, Places DailyPrompt, FindingJerry, Identity

Wandering and Waiting

by Melinda J. Irvine22 July 201613 March 2018

post happy hour nostalgia. wandering a twilight pathway. remembering my australianness. wondering and waiting to fly. © 2016 Melinda Irvine

Places, Poetry Haiku, nostalgia, Poetry, Sunset, twilight

Tidal Lagoon

by Melinda J. Irvine1 July 201617 April 2017

belly exposed, your dirty undergarments down. oh look what crawls out © 2016 Melinda Irvine

Nature, Places, Poetry crabs, Haiku, Low Tide, Wetlands

Finding Myself Again

by Melinda J. Irvine14 March 201628 November 20165 Comments

allowing high-tide to wash over my body following dragonflies with sky-turned eyes eating on the sand together balancing on a bamboo outrigger calling two little boys to lunch searching for fresh tree seeds and leaves shaking sand from my swimmer…

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Free Verse, Places, Poetry Free Verse, islands, Poetry, Summer

Broken Boats

by Melinda J. Irvine11 May 201515 February 2017

I love a place where broken boats are beautiful. Even broken boats. © 2015 Melinda Irvine

Little Poems, Places, Poetry Boats, Islas de Gigantes, Poetry

Island Weekend

by Melinda J. Irvine10 May 20159 December 2015

© 2015 Melinda Irvine

Photo Essay, Places islands, Islas de Gigantes, karaoke, Swimming

Cosmetics

by Melinda J. Irvine21 April 201515 February 2017

pretty city pics no begging or busted pipes plastic bag homeless © 2015 Melinda Irvine

Little Poems, Places, Poetry, Senryu Cities, iloilo city, Poetry, Senryu

Elephants and Art

by Melinda J. Irvine12 April 201515 February 20171 Comment

I arrive at the Singapore Zoo expecting elephants not art © 2015 Melinda Irvine

Art, Little Poems, Places, Poetry Poetry, Senryu, tribal art, Zoos

Wheel of Brisbane

by Melinda J. Irvine3 April 201515 February 2017

spins my head around (like sparkling wine at the bar far below). slow. slow. © 2015 Melinda Irvine

Little Poems, Places, Poetry, Senryu brisbane, Poetry, Senryu

Old Moree Rocket

by Melinda J. Irvine30 March 201515 February 2017

1975 you are tall like the sun, me small as you are now © 2015 Melinda Irvine

Little Poems, Places, Poetry, Senryu Childhood, memories, Poetry, Senryu
old guyra cemetery

Who lies beneath you?

by Melinda J. Irvine14 March 201515 February 2017

bush cemetery who lies beneath your lichen trees and unmarked cross? © 2015 Melinda Irvine

Haiku, Little Poems, Places, Poetry bush cemetary, Haiku, lichen

Assumptions

by Melinda J. Irvine3 March 201520 November 20154 Comments

Sometimes you make the most ridiculous assumptions. The other night I pulled up after driving all day and parked under the bridge at the Emerald Botanical Gardens. It was bloody hot. Western Queensland driving all day in the heat hot.…

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Places Botanical Gardens, Rainbow Lorikeets

Blencoe Falls on the Kirrama Range Road

by Melinda J. Irvine27 February 201513 November 2015

Leaving Mission Beach to the wet season was a great opportunity to cut across the Kirrama Range Road which has been closed for many years and visit Blencoe Falls. A stunning late summer morning after a recent (much-needed) deluge and…

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Places Australian Bush, National Parks, Waterfalls
mission beach is my favourite place

Magical Mission Beach

by Melinda J. Irvine20 February 201531 January 20182 Comments

Mission Beach, the Wet Tropics/Cassowary Coast and Far-north Queensland generally is my favourite place in the world. I'm not really sure why, but it is the place I feel the most creative and continues to draw me back whenever I…

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Places Mission Beach (Queensland)
To engage fully in the work of art, all you really need are the skills you already have. ERIC BOOTH.

About Mel.

Melinda J. Irvine is an Australian writer, designer, and musician living between the Philippines and Australia. Mel is adopted mum to Jerry, a Filipino boy she met while volunteering after Typhoon Yolanda. All the money she earns as a professional writer is used to support Jerry’s recovery — plus help other marginalised kids see their own potential

neXtDRAFT zine # 68.

neXtDRAFT 68. February 2020

Community Giving.

When I'm not writing, designing or playing music, I'm actively building an online learning centre for the kids of Botongon (Philippines). If you'd like to help out, please make a donation via PAYPAL. You'll get a proper tax receipt and regular project updates. More info.
2022 Melinda J. Irvine
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