I love the night culture of the Philippines and how the twilight turns headlights into the moon. After the hot sun sinks and before the moon rises.

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I love the night culture of the Philippines and how the twilight turns headlights into the moon. After the hot sun sinks and before the moon rises.
seated the sunshine flecked, with salt
What days are these? Where you can only be found -- inside your own shadow.
tiny bubblets lodge in a spider's trap last night's rain © 2019 Melinda J. Irvine An evening downpour in the Philippine tropics is followed by intense morning sun, giving life to every rivulet and bubble before they transform back to cloud.
each new sun lights layers your narrative sensitive to light © 2019 Melinda J. Irvine
Kid's water park excited shrieks wet selfies. Splashed with red flowers. ‘Tita Mel, you have little red flowers on you’ cried 11 year old Jerry as we were leaving a kid’s waterpark yesterday. Underneath the steps of a shrieking watercoaster,…
keep the secrets of trees close
inside shadows a young fish passes beyond the mangroves
young palm frond turned, green to burned gold on the low tide © 2019 Melinda J. Irvine
flying late my Easter moon alighting Dubai
wet skies falling over burnt bits of land My Uncle Richard emailed me his latest watercolour a few days ago -- inspired by the "water, wet skies and bits of land" (he told me) of the NSW New England. Yet all…
standing next to the sun I saw the city shine © 2019 Melinda J. Irvine © 2019 Melinda J. Irvine
glowing on the beach lighting her long hair, carried cool before their kiss
barbed blade and broken midrib, cobweb netted vein cover river sand in your story
Posturing Above his subjects Always a street cat, still
her painted smile outstretched the years of silent heat and stormed cloud
little flags cerise black red flapping in the wind
wind strikes hollow bamboo sticks against long since seashells
“like ballet” said a young voice “like a ballet of water”
shrieks of excitement birthday wrappers all torn spinning toys spin -- for hours
In the distance the drums continued to beat. © 2019 Melinda J. Irvine [lmt-post-modified-info]
Three goats out — eating winter monsoon sod Three goats run — running mid-season squall
a gentle voice speaks his heart in poems and paint A little poem for Marvin and all who speak their heart using a paintbrush. Pictured at Artivism 2.0 Iloilo City -- public art with a social impact.
camouflaged lion between birds & bamboo two restaurants and a salon © 2018 Melinda J. Irvine
ngaduun captured by hand back a decade, or more REFERENCES Gumbaynggirr Language Names National Parks and Wildlife Service NSW https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/education/2010GumbaynggirrLanguageDatabase.pdf Gumbaynggirr Muurrbay Aboriginal Language and Culture Co-op http://muurrbay.org.au/languages/gumbaynggirr/
rock pool shook by the north shrilled wind cloudy
neat rows of pointed pines along the rural road one wild daisy
Squinting. Another life through the cracks.
torn by the staples the haughty magazine fashionistas My Uncle Richard created these incredibly beautiful, yet haunting portraits by tearing and collaging pieces of glossy magazines. I found them leaning against a window pane in his house.
on the window sill bottles sitting in echoes memories -- not dust
more than 10,000 low and muddy tides she stands astern. still
drooping limbs flailing she-died -- not quickly
shreds of seaweed break -- the beach © 2018 Melinda J. Irvine The last shreds of seaweed break up kilometres and kilometres of empty low tide beach. Broken from the bottom they were dumped on the sand, soon they will…
whales passing nearby external assembly © 2018 Melinda J. Irvine
river currents creasing her — white winged reflections © 2018 Melinda J. Irvine
street composition afternoon art © 2018 Melinda J. Irvine As I wander the late afternoons I often ponder how the early masters like Yoshimoto, Basho and Buson would haiku and haiga our 21st century landscape.
before any great journey is the silent division and brooding contemplation © 2018 Melinda J. Irvine
basking her bottom head hiding - rear to the sun shining. black lizard © 2018 Melinda J. Irvine
tangled river walkway gum blossom cepheids
sunset falls to earth broken leaves reply © 2018 Melinda J. Irvine
shoes back behind allowing morning cool contiguous to toes
cape. fronded textures
mangrove roots swathe rock to sea old coast walkway © 2018 Melinda J. Irvine
Spring's contenders rhododendrons waratahs
spring fell between the cracks shadows on the fence © 2018 Melinda J. Irvine
Blackheath flowers blossom all the year back of the toilet block wall
dark brown muddened bract rain leaves the garden © 2018 Melinda J. Irvine
Friday firefighter dressup sliding down the firepole
before a human hand ever painted a spot or stripe she must have seen one © 2018 Melinda J. Irvine
the night silences a city -- her outside light speaking only low tones © 2018 Melinda J. Irvine
I don't wish to kill you Mr Spider But I don't wish Jerry to be bitten either ...
bawal = prohibited umihi = urinate diri = here !!!! = please
six sodden rain weeks greyed skies -- gloomier parents then you remembered
old concrete mossed green tiny white flowers
mud blotchy shadows cover days old rain
inspired art by oceans all stretched out our human community © 2018 Melinda J. Irvine Location: Mandurriao, Iloilo City (Philipppines) This lovely mural is at the Atria in Iloilo City. #sustainable #ourfutureoceans
seeing senses skewed © 2018 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Skewed I'm part of Post A Day 2018 Location: Guimaras Island, Iloilo (Philipppines) PS: I found Bertrand Russell's 'The Problems of Philosophy' for 85 pesos buried in a bookstore yesterday,…
one piece of the forest fallen, at my feet © 2018 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Forest I'm part of Post A Day 2018 Location: Guimaras, Iloilo (Philipppines)
bare feet uncover a new island old world pandanus © 2018 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Observe I'm part of Post A Day 2018 Location:Guimaras Island, Iloilo (Philipppines)
there's a place I sit where only tree tips are seen and the new window © 2018 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Vague I'm part of Post A Day 2018 Location: La Paz, Iloilo City (Philipppines) My friend Jane Dudley…
a few days remain part of her life the kittens © 2018 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Uncompromising I'm part of Post A Day 2018 Location: Estancia, Iloilo (Philipppines)
no sleep tonight the neighbours dogs © 2018 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Messy I'm part of Post A Day 2018 Location: Estancia, Iloilo (Philipppines)
touching a 'touch me not' we wait the restart © 2018 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Restart I'm part of Post A Day 2018 Location: Estancia, Iloilo (Philipppines)
midnight a wet balcony becomes the moon © 2018 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Astral I'm part of Post A Day 2018 Location: Estancia, Iloilo (Philipppines)
from the top of the island where the trees were once bamboo nursery © 2018 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Encrusted I'm part of Post A Day 2018 Location: Calagnaan Island, Carles (Philipppines) Note: A little poem about a new bamboo forest…
no matter where you step there's always a hole in the road maybe we're all in one © 2018 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Cavity I'm part of Post A Day 2018 Location: Jaro, Iloilo City (Philipppines)
diminishing bright fuschia, hot pink, piggy pink, baby pink, champagne © 2018 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Conjure I'm part of Post A Day 2018 Location: Lapaz, Iloilo City(Philipppines)
worn like a costume Teddy Bear © 2018 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Costume I'm part of Post A Day 2018 Location: Estancia, Iloilo (Philipppines)
entanglement density completely or veneered © 2018 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Simplify I'm part of Post A Day 2018 Location: Iloilo City (Philippines)
seeing someone's feet in the city sludge, I fall © 2018 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Creature I'm part of Post A Day 2018 Location: Iloilo City (Philippines)
among the steady trill of motors, beats, our time we are all, just waiting to go home © 2018 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Trill I'm part of Post A Day 2018 Location: Balasan, Iloilo (Philipppines)
recurrent concrete - support the tiny framework © 2018 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Silhouette I'm part of Post A Day 2018 Location: Balasan, Iloilo (Philipppines)
and all shall bow before thee (but not me) © 2018 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Dominant I'm part of Post A Day 2018 Location: Estancia, Iloilo (Philipppines)
(passing) green stretched rice fields the tiny hut twinned rainbow of T-shirts © 2018 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Horizon I'm part of Post A Day 2018 Location: San Dionisio, Iloilo (Philipppines) Riding the bus through the first full day of…
long lines of palm frond wind filled, each crease each pore delineates the gust © 2018 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Undulate I'm part of Post A Day 2018 Location: Guimaras Island, Iloilo (Philipppines)
concrete cast boy alive for the ocean winsome © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Prompt: Winsome I'm part of Post A Day 2018 Location: Banate, Iloilo (Philipppines)
Phoebus Stretched his hands Unto each tiny stem and floret © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Prompt: Elegance Weekly Photo Challenge: Ascend I'm part of Post A Day 2017 Location: Batad, Iloilo (Philipppines)
red petals thick and scrunch no rain past their doorway #poetry #haiku #poem
beneath a noisy party carefree games and un-shoed feet a spider waits #poetry #haiku #poem
women's gowns compete with Christmas lights resplendent to the ceiling © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Atmospheric I'm part of Post A Day 2017 Location: Jaro, Iloilo City (Philipppines)
palm fronds and bamboo stems wait against a broken shoreline for high tide watching their livelihood wash away © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Dubious I'm part of Post A Day 2017 Location: Pilar, Capiz (Philipppines)
bottle caps black street stones white ball-pen scraped checkerboard © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Prompt: Black Weekly Photo Challenge: Temporary I'm part of Post A Day 2017 Location: Estancia, Iloilo (Philipppines)
burning orange sky poverty reduced to a silhouette the panacea of dusk © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Prompt: Panacea I'm part of Post A Day 2017 Location: Estancia, Iloilo (Philipppines)
weaved by hands hanging, basket & bauble beautiful © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Prompt: Fluff Weekly Photo Challenge: Rounded I'm part of Post A Day 2017 Location: Iloilo City (Philipppines)
red and purple pieces of city lights and lumes inside a street puddle © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Prompt: Surreal I'm part of Post A Day 2017 Location: Iloilo City (Philippines)
flash colours interchange a nine-year-old's grinning illuminated shoes © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Prompt: Enlighten I'm part of Post A Day 2017 Location: Iloilo City (Philippines)
on a lonely shore someone had stood before me webbed footprints in sand © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Prompt: Exceptional I'm part of Post A Day 2017 Location: Nambucca Heads (Australia)
washed beyond her kin brown, no longer wet seaweed beach pedestrian © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Weekly Photo Challenge: Pedestrian I'm part of Post A Day 2017 Location: Nambucca Heads (Australia)
bright pinks, red-purples pamper the twisting ivy spring rhododendrons © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Weekly Photo Challenge: Windows Daily Prompt: Pamper I'm part of Post A Day 2017 Location: Blachheath (Australia)
children’s voices loop just over the wet bracken rushing mountain stream © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine This is my response to the Blogging University course Writing: Intro to Poetry (Day 1 Water) I'm part of Post A Day 2017 Location:…
flames, cousins, aunts, fire tentative photo of mum the old fire place © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Prompt: Tentative I'm part of Post A Day 2017
shunning the sun's sting fallen leaf turns gently brown hidden mountain stream © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Prompt: Sting and Leaf I'm part of Post A Day 2017
though he smiles for me the hand on the water pump stuck, in his eternity © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Prompt: Jiffy and Trance I'm part of Post A Day 2017
open to the wind her loud (faster) rushed and wild catch a single drop © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Prompt: Solitary and Unfurl I'm part of Post A Day 2017
running across concrete, catching stinger (the 2pm sun) glaring (that bus driver) driving driving another 5 afternooned hours © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Prompt: Glaring I'm part of Post A Day 2017
In the Philippines don't drink the pink pepsi You might find her a little too spicy ... © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Prompt: Spicy I'm part of Post A Day 2017
symphony in the market each new table a leisurely andante © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Prompt: Symphony and Amble I'm part of Post A Day 2017
baby takes a a bath laundry tub filled with brothers one partner hiding © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Prompt: Partner I'm part of Post A Day 2017
her sultry shimmer betwitching her passersby late night fiesta © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Prompt: Shimmer I'm part of Post A Day 2017
three moxie cats flex their ambitions then run away © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Prompt: Moxie I'm part of Post A Day 2017 SaveSave