South Head Sydney
you must have been elated
when you sailed in through the heads
the gods smiled you were feted
you must have been elated
they heard you coming and waited
with sharpened spears dark red
you must have been elated
when you sailed in through the heads
Founding of Modern Australia 26th January 1788 at Camp Cove
Camp Cove Sydney
i have swum at this place
since i was a child
your heart must have raced
i have swum at this place
its beauty bringing a smile to your face
white sand warm breeze seductive and mild
i have swum at this place
since i was a child
Saturday Mix MLMM
What a beautiful place (a place with such rich history) to have swum!
ReplyDeleteTis indeed...truly magical.
ReplyDeleteI love the sense of history and taking pride in a place
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing both the history and the pride!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a wonderful place to take a swim.
ReplyDeletea little history lesson in a triolet - very nice :-)
ReplyDeleteWe just have to admit that Australia is a really beautiful place to live; but shush! or everybody will be wanting to come to live here too. Next poem talk about the snakes and crocodiles we have to beat back with sticks in our gardens and the sharks and jellyfish that are waiting to bite and sting us at the beach.
ReplyDeleteAnd the big browns that hide in the wardrobe and behind cushions on the lounge and the redbacks in the gumboots.:)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous work on the triolet form!💖
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful to swim at the place where Modern Australia was born - do you wonder of those who swam and trod before there, in the passage of time since 1778?
ReplyDeleteI sometimes wonder what has happened in past time in the very spot of where I sit now, of lives lived and then gone. I find it fascinating.
Anna :o]
Nicely timed for Australia Day! (Or Invasion Day. I acknowledge that it was an invasion, and that even though my personal ancestors were not implicated, it paved the way for them to settle here later (much later) ... yet I can't but feel glad to be here.)
ReplyDeleteMy ancestors invaded England in 1066. I am pleased about that as well:)
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