To Write is to Dream...

Strength

2012-02-15T22:43:00.007+13:00

Amongst ebbs and flows
A comforting light exists
Warming with its touch

Waves in the wind

2012-01-03T02:48:00.000+13:00

Walking the promenade

Wind blows
Blasting specks
Swirling needles

Lines broken
With tracks of white
Greeny blues to
Shadows reaching
Breaking the surface

Velvet green

2011-11-07T23:04:00.004+13:00

Velvet green
Into a cotton shawl

Air drifts through
Over, within

Radiating across
Blinding light

A fragile net floating
A shifting pattern
Merges and shapes

Velvet, cotton and light
Becomes a tapestry
Shielding all

Linger

2011-11-06T18:48:00.002+13:00

With a passing touch
Soft and fragile
Your scent remains

You linger
Not upon the branch -
Persisting in my memory

Comforting when change comes
For things return - Altered
Yet always connected

Poppy...

2011-10-31T19:22:00.002+13:00

If I could write your story
From then to now
What stories I could tell
A tall tale, legend, myth?

From one story, one view
A life derived from strength
That carries those
Who are part of you

Of character that supports
Teaches and believes
One life that is boundless
A greater story than I could conceive.

Forum

2010-10-19T08:49:00.002+13:00

Glimmering thoughts in open minds
Capturing within our hearts the world
Across the street or far reaching
When meeting in this place
Visions of possibilities
Go dancing through my brain
Together we reflect many sides
Each holding a trust
Within our realms

With so many things
Within our reach
I'll hold this time
To my heart
To sustain me
On the long roads
And build piece by piece
Thoughts, once random
Into something
That changes the places
We dwell within.

Pack the blues away

2010-09-02T10:17:00.002+12:00

Blues of days to come
Tease with promise
Now packed away
Encased behind grey
Only sight seen
Was a glimpse
For a day

Sitting here waiting
At the beginning
Of another day
The light is mellow
The air is chilled
Dwelling on promises
Of days of blues

Seen

2010-07-30T23:51:00.003+12:00

Eyes glance away

If sight unseen
Our world is filled
With rainbows
Happy ever after scenes

Point out
The hidden
Lift up
Move and draw
Eyes
Opening
To worlds
Now seen

Raw

2010-07-22T23:17:00.004+12:00

Emotions sit upon me
Gulp, gasp
Spinning, sinking
Inhaling each motion
Float with a tide
Rushing over my mind
Make me still
Numb, overwhelmed
Movement, raw
Falling into depths
Dark corners
Hidden thoughts
Building up
Breath, see
Turn away...

Red Tears

2010-04-24T23:37:00.012+12:00

Red Tears (words)

I hear their memories,
Calling!
Wafting across fields.
Floating.
Singing their final lullaby -
Weeping:
A harmony of voices,
Haunting...

Whispers drift over fields,
Calling!
Threads of their memories.
Floating.
Visions always lingering -
Weeping:
Staining the fallen leaves,
Haunting...

*Reflecting on why this poem came into being - post ANZAC Day on Behind Dreaming...

"Red Tears" was first published in Teesside Artists' Journal, November 2009. Thank you to Carol Fenwick, the editor of Teesside Artists' Journal, for all her support including understanding my decision to republishing this poem on my blog.

Red Tears by Allison Brown is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.5 Australia License.
Based on a work at allisonbrown.blogspot.com and Teesside Artists' Journal.

A Leaf

2010-04-15T20:09:00.006+12:00

Words within A Leaf...

Unfurling
Expanding
Spreading
Catching
Absorbing

Displaying
Teeming
Gathering
Covering
Breathing

Swaying
Changing
Grasping
Pausing
Relinquishing

Parched
Fragile
Brittle
Twisting
Floating
Falling

Discarded
Withered
Dying
Mingling
Feeding

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

Print - pictured

2010-04-07T23:17:00.006+12:00

Contains the poem Print that was also posted on my blog. I am still trying to decide what image should be shown with this poem. Yet I cannot ignore what came to me when I was thinking about it :-)

Print - pictured by Allison Brown is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Australia License. Based on a work at allisonbrown.blogspot.com. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at http://allisonbrown.blogspot.com/2008/09/print.html.

Plunging in

2010-03-31T00:07:00.005+13:00

Plunging in under the waves

Looking at a salty world

Filled with life -

With a flick and twist

It streams by

Breaking the surface

Gasping, eyes stinging

Staring down the waves

Their pressure beats and pushes

Until reaching beyond the break

Lying back, stretched out

Drifting along the surface

Gently moving up and down

With the motion of the tide

Sounds muffled

The world is the sky

Sun beating, clouds floating

Nestled softly in a watery embrace

Then plunging in under the waves

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

Weaving clouds - pictured

2010-03-23T22:07:00.008+13:00

The poem "Weaving Clouds" has been altered slightly before being added to my photo. Nothing is static including my poetry or the clouds that drift across the sky :-)

Weaving clouds - pictured by Allison Brown is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Australia License. Based on a work at allisonbrown.blogspot.com.

Veins of fire

2010-03-22T23:19:00.006+13:00

I think this poem requires a 'to be continued' label :-)

Veins of Fire by Allison Brown is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Australia License. Based on a work at allisonbrown.blogspot.com.

Stepping out!

2010-03-17T22:41:00.005+13:00

Stepping out! by Allison Brown is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia License.
Based on a work at allisonbrown.blogspot.com.
Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at http://www.flickr.com/photos/christianhaugen/3631502091/.

Pattern

2010-03-10T01:05:00.002+13:00

Pattern, originally uploaded by behind.dreaming.

I created images that would fit some of the poems I wrote about different friends. This ended up being a series that have become my screen saver at work. I have not felt the need to put up a different screen saver since. Over the next month I will post each one - though I have posted some of these before. This hopefully will help me focus on creating more.

I also do requests ;-)

Seagull

2010-02-02T23:27:00.001+13:00

Low to the ground
Close to the sea
Gliding along
Catching the breeze

Seagull by Seagull is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Australia License.
Based on a work at allisonbrown.blogspot.com.

Weaving clouds

2010-01-17T01:06:00.005+13:00

Weaving layer upon layer
Mesh fades
Then gathers
Drifting upon blue
Hiding the brightness
In waves of moments

Floating on the tide
Watching clouds
Gather, then fade
My eyes follow
The patterns
Woven in the sky

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

Ending

2009-12-17T20:23:00.004+13:00

Thickening air
Heat rising
Mist hovering

Sight unseen
Glowing lights
Journey returning
Homeward bound

Feet aching
Smile wide
Ending time

Ending 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.

One month in time

2009-11-19T16:58:00.011+13:00

As a tide must return
A season will change
As the moon hides the sun
Nature alters and renews
As a raindrop must fall
Water dispels in heat
As the world becomes dry
The earth will crack and explode

As snow falls
Thick and deep
As rain drops
Thick and deep
As fire burns
Thick and deep

A moment
A day
A season
A year
Different places
Changing times
A moment
A day
A season
A year

As snow falls
Thick and deep
As rain drops
Thick and deep
As fire burns
Thick and deep

As a year passes
Not to be forgotten
As a season passes
Not to be repeated
As a day passes
That's seared in memory
A moment passes
That may, one day, return!

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As another summer approaches for Australia it makes me think about last summer and all the events that occured at the same time. The extremes of weather conditions still leaves me stunned. This poem is one I have been thinking about for a while and decided it was time to post it.

One of my friends asked me if I had a melody in mind. I did when I first wrote this and also it comes across when I read it that I still have one in mind. However, I neither have the knowledge or talent that allows me to create a melody that someone else could use. I am more than happy for someone else to do that.

One month in time by Allison Brown is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Australia License. Based on a work at allisonbrown.blogspot.com.

Remember them

2009-11-11T18:28:00.006+13:00

I feel the presence of those
Who have gone before:
Remember them.

Do not forget
Their deeds:
Remember them.

Do not forget
Their sacrifices:
Remember them.

Lest we forget

http://www.flickr.com/photos/auntiep/ / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Twittery version - tweeted 11/11/2009
I feel the presence of those who have gone before: remember them / Their deeds: remember them / Their sacrifice: remember them.

Remember them 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.
The image contained within this post is the work of another individual so please access their license via http://www.flickr.com/photos/32625013@N00/562367089.

Frozen

2009-11-02T08:18:00.003+13:00

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

2009-10-28T22:47:00.004+13:00

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.
Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/guidance/Haiku.html.

On a dark street

2009-10-22T22:34:00.004+13:00

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.