Thanks Doug -
I'm near the town of Bellingen, half way between Sydney and Brisbane. The dust resurrected briefly on the weekend, but today it's crystal, and we can "count tree crowns / on far away mountains".
Brian
--- On Thu, 24/9/09, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Weather Snap
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Received: Thursday, 24 September, 2009, 12:55 AM
So where exactly are you Brian? That 500 km wide sandstorm made our news this ay em....
I'd drop the first line of the 2nd stanza, or at least parts of it.... That first stanza, though: neat.
Doug
On 22-Sep-09, at 4:38 PM, Brian Hawkins wrote:
> We wake into sulfurous mist;
> A martian light absorbs the sky.
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> It is the dust, blown from the west,
> The red soil of Packsaddle and Wanaaring
> Passing across us, walking into the sea.
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> Brian
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