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Tag Archives: rivers
Smal Stones/December: Spellbound
River’s breath lifts me from this to this solitary unrepeatable aching
Posted in free verse poetry, nature poems, Pacific NW poetry, photos with poems
Tagged fog, love and longing, peninsula, rivers, solitude
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August/Small Stones: Water Call
Because it is summer, the water calls out and many who come exchange heat for cool, wash clean the poisons from rigorous living. I arrive thirsting for water songs rattling rocks, dancing with trees, humming, spinning the soul.
The Wiles of March/ poem #6: Stone River Life
This life keeps turning over, a common stone in a river that won’t stop coursing through arms of earth, muddy banks that want to hold water longer but lets it slip through to its destination. The stone has no choice either. … Continue reading