this river rolls alluringly
deep and slow
so full and powerful I cry
take me
take me river before I should die
take me dear river to wherever you go
I’ll ride you there fast I’ll ride you there slow
and river my river I’ll love you always
I’ll drift on and caress you the rest of my days
I’ll wind through your meanders
and sing with your songs
we’ll seed fertile plains and fill billabongs
river my lover take me I’m yours
through all seasons we'll wander
I’ll never ship oars
Lisa prompted we poets with pilgrimage, wandering or walkabout for the dVerse challenge this week. I have recently been wandering, on walkabout, writing about rivers, and so came to #04.
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Very fluent like a river flows, this poetry goes meandering like a thoughtful walk-a-bout, astounded, not pouting at all.
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Sean, so heartfelt and beautiful.
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To wander is to meander lissome and free. River and singer flow well together.
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I live next to a dyke on the Norfolk Broads, so your poem resonates with me Sean. I especially enjoyed these lines:
‘I’ll wind through your meanders
and sing with your songs
we’ll seed fertile plains and fill billabongs’.
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A very different take on the prompt. I really liked the tone of this piece. I interpreted it as the wind’s pilgrimage, but it’s probably much more than that.
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Sean, it isn’t something I’ve ever contemplated before, but your poem makes me wonder if the river reciprocates our love? If you believe that the planet is one living organism, it stands to reason that it does <3 Much appreciate reading your homage to your beloved.
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I definitely think everything on Earth is an interdependent part of the one entity, our planet. Without conscious care that interdendence will fail. Humans are the only beings on the planet capable of a broad and responsible consciousness. We are the only creatures that can love our planet. In return our planet enables us to love ourselves and thereby to continue to exist.
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Sean, This poem overflows with affection for the river and its meandering, inviting journey.
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Thank you Dora. I definitely have great affection for a river.
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