Sunday, May 18, 2025

Melbourne Candid Series #1068 Flinders Station

 


At Flinders Gate where echoes dwell,
And city winds in chorus swell,
Two men of thinning, silvered hair
Conversed, unheeding worldly care.

The crowd swept past in hurried stream,
Like fragments drifting through a dream,
Yet still they stood in solemn thread,
Their words like murmurs to the dead.

Above, the clocks in noble row
Did mark the hours in patient glow;
Their faces lit by morning's lance,
Like watchful eyes in timeless trance.

The sun, half-caught in rising gleam,
Cast angled light—a painter’s beam—
That touched the stone with burnished grace,
And crowned the old gate’s steadfast face.

So moved the day, so moved the street,
With strangers’ lives in brief retreat;
Yet in that light, beneath that dome,
A moment held, as still as home.

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27 comments:

  1. Whenever you post of Flinder’s Station my head wants to fill in “where poppies grow.” I know it’s not Flander’s Field; it’s just how my head works. 🤓

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  2. Deep in coversation yet his eye stray! Interesting shot :-D

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  3. Between light and shadow. Excellent backlit image!

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  4. Mainly people going to work. Great street view!

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  5. Two old friends chit-chatting, I bet.

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  6. Hay quién camina ligero y ahy quién se para para conversar.
    Que tengas un agradable fin de semana.

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  7. Well done, a splendid combination!

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  8. a beautiful a poem about the contrast between the fleeting nature of urban life and the depth of a moment of quiet and human connection. In the midst of everyday rush, two people create a space for reflection—timeless and intimate. Congratulations!

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  9. They look to be sharing important information with their face to face discussion. You caught a good moment.

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  10. Nice -Christine cmlk79.blogspot.com

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  11. A great combination of picture and words - I wonder how many people have planned to meet under those clocks.

    Cheers - Stewart M - just back from Europe!

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  12. The guy on the left looks like hes really trying to explain his point of view.

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