Blue Waters
a free verse poem for riparian: the banks of our love
“we watched the water rise…
…we felt
a swell in the lake
of ourselves. we felt
the surge of our rivers” — irreplaceable, Part 1
Their blue veins
and currents are not
blood in any sense
reflecting our own,
we tell ourselves.
Nor their blue
arteries nor their
blue hearts nor
the flood rush of their
weeping.
Poem modeled after Kay Ryan’s poem, “Green Hills”
To read the previous poem in the series, click HERE.
To read the next poem in the series click HERE.
This poem is one in a series, Riparian: the banks of our love, a poetic collaboration for National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo) with Samantha Wallen and Michelle Puckett.
Samantha Wallen, MFA is a poet, writer, writing guide & book coach who offers writing circles, workshops, community writing programs, private mentoring, and retreats for writers & want-to-be writers. Her work on and off the page seeks to restore the soul of our world one word at a time.
