ESTUARY

Michael Edwards

ESTUARY

 

Flowing wide with indolent ease

the rivers swollen open mouth

relieves the land of tempests flood.

 

And as the sun begins to spread

and cast its golden presence wide

from waters edge to rising waves,

 

the salted sprays of raging foam,

stirred by natures frenzied winds

bring oceans taste across the land.

 

  • Author: Michael Edwards (Offline Offline)
  • Published: January 21st, 2017 01:46
  • Comment from author about the poem: A shorter one today plus one of my semi abstracts.
  • Category: Unclassified
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Comments6

  • Fay Slimm.

    Michael your artistic pen and exciting painting perfectly capture the essence of wind on water. - - this estuary scene will live long after the read.

  • BRIAN & ANGELA

    Thanks MICHAEL for an excellent free verse Poem ~ in triplets ~ and Painting ~ perfect symbiosis ! I love the conjunction of rivers and the sea and estuaries are great places to observe wild life and for recreation. Your poem has captured their essence. Thanks you for caring ~ BRIAN

    • Michael Edwards

      Cheers Brian. I do love free verse - it's so much more conducive to expression. I often feel that many of the rhyming pieces we see are spoiled by the writers attempts to find words that rhyme - as a result the work becomes strained and clichéd.

      • BRIAN & ANGELA

        Very true Micheal in Poetry Classes we are taught (and teach) AVOID MAKING A POEM ~ RHYME LED !In other words the content and message of the poem is more important than rhyme. The use of "half rhyme" is important and effective. However in "free verse" meter becomes important to give the poem flow. What i dislike is "loose verse" which lacks rhyme & rhythm and often reason as well. Several posts on MPS are indeed simply prose ~ that is OK ~ but they should be treated and commented on as PROSE not POETRY. Thanks for caring ~ BRIAN

      • WriteBeLight

        Very beautiful work from such a talented poet/painter!

      • Tony36

        Awesome write and awesome picture

        • Michael Edwards

          I really do appreciate your kind review Tony- thanks so much.

          • Tony36

            Welcome

          • Augustus

            Fay says it all about poem and art. Nicely done.

          • Christina8

            Absolutely love the painting! And the poem is so descriptive i cam taste the salt water. Wonderful!

            • Michael Edwards

              Thank you so much Christina - I'm afraid the paintings been sold but there's lots of salt in the kitchen.



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