The Rock.

[Rimeriter]

Ayres Rock.
1952.

Nestling in a desert wasteland
is this monolith of fame,
perhaps a creature quietly sleeping,
omniscient, oh! so tame.
Knowing all but seeing nothing
as many others pass it by
while it dwells in concentration
underneath a pale blue sky.

Raw, coarse textures paint its surface,
colours vary, changing light.
Intense moods in many hues
deepen with approaching night.
Dark and brooding under starlight,
then with the coming dawn,
shifting shadows swiftly scamper
as new morning sun is born.

Rusty red and ochre orange
burst upon a new day’s page.
Pied Butcherbird trumpets, triumphantly
to announce another stage.

Silent,
ancient and archaic
where those rocky ranges rise
to a vista of extremes
underneath
hot azure skies.

©. Rimeriter. 2005.

[Maureen K Clifford]

lovely - very descriptive writing.

Just curious why 1952???? Is that significant for the year it became a National Park is it it a map setting???

[Rimeriter]

Sorry Maureen, I have no idea when it was declared a National Park, or if I did it is not remembered.

THAT year was important to me.

But it was not until 2005 when I visited the ' Centre for the first time.

Mate, as I have 'said' elsewhere - I love this bloody country.

'this Bloody Country' will be the first ValDay love poem I will read later today.

"Thank you" for your kind comments.
Jim.

[Maureen K Clifford]

fair enough - it was actually 1958 according to my mate Google that it become a national park

Uluru and Kata Tjuta and the surrounding land became a national park in 1958 and lies in the territory of the Anangu people.

Have fun today and fly the flag - I love this country as well - we are blessed to share in it.

Cheers

Maureen

[Rimeriter]

Says much by saying little.
Just in case you haven't bumped across it -


--- this Bloody Country.


I
love this
bloody country.
I’ve
got ‘er
in me veins.

Her trials
‘er tribulations.
Her sorrows,
aches,
‘er pains.

**
(c). Rimeriter.
circa 2000.



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[Rimeriter]

I have changed the heading to more truly reflect the topic.

It should provide more 'space' to add others written about the ' Centre.
Jim.