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Home » Beaches

Tag: Beaches

south mission beach morning

Mission Beach Mornings

by Melinda J. Irvine25 October 20182 Comments

shoes back behind allowing morning cool contiguous to toes

Little Poems, Nature, Poetry Beaches, Mission Beach (Queensland), Morning, Poetry

Ambience

by Melinda J. Irvine20 January 20174 Comments

Tuesday was my last afternoon in Australia for possibly a year or more and the sun's golden ambience lit every tiny detail. © 2017 Melinda Irvine Weekly Photo Challenge: Ambience

Nature, Photo Essay Beaches, PhotoChallenge, Postaday, Sunset

Looking to the North

by Melinda J. Irvine1 January 201715 February 20172 Comments

below the dune-lands is the last day of the year looking to the north © 2016 Melinda Irvine Daily Prompt: Hopeful

Haiku, Little Poems, Nature, Poetry Beaches, DailyPrompt, Haiku, Poetry, Postaday

Anticipation

by Melinda J. Irvine22 December 20166 January 2017

© 2016 Melinda Irvine Weekly Photo Challenge: Anticipation

Photo Essay Beaches, PhotoChallenge

Transmogrify

by Melinda J. Irvine18 November 201615 February 20173 Comments

TRANSMOGRIFY: transform in a surprising or magical way ... Oxford Dictionary of English © Melinda Irvine

Nature, Photo Essay Beaches, PhotoChallenge, Shadows, transmogrify
banksia on a headland

Little Black Dot

by Melinda J. Irvine10 July 20166 March 2018

sun filled flowers wet grass sunday sounds windy headland surfski paddler tiny black dot so far away little you with me here © 2016 Melinda Irvine

Poetry, Shape Verse Beaches, Poetry, Shaped Verse

Sand

by Melinda J. Irvine30 June 201613 March 2018

lines circles swirls space © 2016 Melinda Irvine

Art, Photo Essay, Poetry Beaches, Sand

Where I Once Stood

by Melinda J. Irvine23 June 201615 February 2017

where i once stood still a memory (bright shells) held in my little hand © 2016 Mel Irvine

Haiku, Little Poems, Poetry, Senryu Beaches, Childhood, Haiku, Poetry, Senryu

Thinking of home

by Melinda J. Irvine24 November 201515 February 2017

clearing photographs I am pulled homeward hearing Australian beach sounds © 2015 Melinda Irvine

Little Poems, Poetry, Senryu australian red kelpie, Beaches, Home, Poetry, Senryu
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

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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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