Frozen

The world freezes -
The ground I tread upon
All white and clean
Turning black
Polished and hidden

The wind rouses -
The leaves dancing lightly
They twirl and float
Then tumble
Lifeless and brittle

The air hovers -
The land a haze of mist
It gleams and shines
Yet still cloaked
Shrouded in coldness

The world frozen -
The ice starts to weep
Light warms and wakes
Then slumbers
Drowsy from fresh frost

Frozen by Allison Brown is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.5 Australia License. Based on a work at allisonbrown.blogspot.com.

Spirit of Open Access - Haiku

To celebrate Open Access Week 2009 SHERPA ran a competition to find a Haiku that summarises the "Spirit of Open Access".

After reading the winning haiku by Miggie Pickton I did not mind having one of my haiku being one of the many runners-up. Congratulations to Miggie for writing such a lovely and positive haiku that does capture capture the spirit of open access. Also thanks to SHERPA for coming up with such a fantastic idea.

My entry that was mentioned:

Empowerment comes
To those who share their knowledge
With the world beyond

It seems a waste not to share the other three haiku that I entered so here they are :-)

Seeking open skies
Allow knowledge to grow free
A new world springs forth

Or should it be - I still can't make up my mind...

Seeking open skies
Allow knowledge to grow free
Spring forth a new world!

Blossoms spring from those
Who plant the seeds of progress
With all whom they know

Break down ivy walls -
Sow and harvest all knowledge
A garden for all.

Spirit of Open Access - Haiku by Allison Brown is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.5 Australia License. Based on a work at allisonbrown.blogspot.com.
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On a dark street

On a dark, dark street
Rushing by, by the window
So many cars, cars rushing by
Sitting at a table, a table just for me
Watching so closely,
So closely as the world goes by
By the time, time has moved on
My meal is gone,
Gone and empty the plate remains
Time to go, go the long way home

On a dark, dark street
I rush by, by the window
So many cars, cars rushing by
Sitting at a table, a table just for you
Watching so closely,
So closely as the world goes by
By the time, time has moved on
Your meal is gone,
Gone and empty the plate remains
Time to go, go the long way home

On a dark street by Allison Brown is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.5 Australia License. Based on a work at allisonbrown.blogspot.com.

Connecting

Perfect blooms shine -
When coupled in a blend
Of unique form and shape.

Connecting by Allison Brown is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.5 Australia License. Based on a work at allisonbrown.blogspot.com.

Reconnecting

Lives alter and grow
Yet moments
Make you know
There are connections
That will always
Sustain you
Over great distances
Through times
Of wonder and sorrow
Everything changes
Yet we remain

Reconnecting by Allison Brown is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.5 Australia License. Based on a work at allisonbrown.blogspot.com.

A bottle of happiness

Happiness hovers and catches your breath

Thoughts gush and rush forth

Preserve this feeling:

Bottle it!

And then

Bring it out again

To help face the darker days

That have been before and will come again!

A bottle of happiness by Allison Brown is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.5 Australia License. Based on a work at allisonbrown.blogspot.com.

Moves

Close me eyes
Let the moment
Capture me

Hear the tune
Flow through
My skin

Upon the music
I move
I sway
I become alive

Taste the heat
Of our rhythm
Pulsing through

I exhale, pause
Then it begins
Again and again

Feel everything
When the world
Finds its moves

Moves by Allison Brown is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 2.5 Australia License. Based on a work at allisonbrown.blogspot.com.

Twittery: volume 2

more Poetry amongst the tweets

many moments glimpsed / thoughts, seemingly random - yet together they tell the story of a life: experiences and impressions expressed #poem 4 minute ago

#poem

• Gloom sets in / Strain my eyes looking for brightness / Beyond clouds that have settled upon my day. A glimmer of light smiles through #poem 11:00 AM Jun 19th

• -- Life -- Celebrate this day. Your birth was a gift to others: Birthdays are for you! #poem 5:08 PM Jun 18th

• Snow rests, hovering upon the trees / a gust of wind blows through / Then white floats upon the chill / Sweeping to the frozen ground! #poem 9:02 AM Jun 16th

• I now know the directions I will follow / And I have gone beyond the haze that has been hovering / Will you walk with me a while? #poem 4:15 PM Jun 10th

• Altering colours fade into the sky: Embers become grey-blue ash. The world's darkening, bruised skin / Sparkles with crystal flecks! #poem 8:38 PM Jun 4th

• Part 2: Those who tell you what to dream: Leave behind. Yet from them you will learn / Who will hold you & still help you take flight #Poem 8:24 PM Jun 4th

• Part 1 - Dreams are more than what you think you should have! Are beyond the reflection you see: Gifts that you can reach for! #poem 8:20 PM Jun 4th

• Cold night / bashful moon / white noise / falling through the frosted air / close my eyes, letting the rain send me to sleep #poem 11:42 PM May 21st

• A moment / life pauses / thoughts still - breath deep / Reflect, watch, take in / Sun's light, dancing leaves - take a moment / Smile! #poem 11:56 AM May 19th

• Guide to where? My inspiration's stuck / thoughts clogged by an uncertain, distant end / so many rambling processes & plans to map out #poem 4:55 PM Apr 22nd

• Prod my brain / where u at? Sleeping the day away; hiding within a haze; trying 2 grapple with intelligent thinking: yet finding none #poem 9:50 AM Apr 21st

• Day drags / Head in another space / Thoughts on another time / Make a list that'll make this day pass by: 1x1 I'll achieve something #poem 10:53 AM Apr 20th
  

#sixwords

• Morning frost wakes me from sleep #sixwords 9:07 AM May 21st
  

twitter magnets

• yesterday is over / always embrace every day / dance to, laugh with & kiss life. http://is.gd/8Vy2 12:39 AM May 26th [twitter magnets]

• the rhythm rides free / on a cloud of light - / open, wild & dark / yet like magic / it is at peace. http://is.gd/8Vy2 11:45 PM Apr 24th [twitter magnets]

Possible beginnings via a tweet...

• Veins of fire streak & stretch across the blue / Shades of blue alter & intermingle... #poem - Wonder if I can make this a sonnet? Will c :) 10:15 PM Apr 24th

Twittery: volume 2 by Allison Brown is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 2.5 Australia License. Based on a work at allisonbrown.blogspot.com.

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