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.
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Author:
Michael Edwards (
Offline) - Published: January 21st, 2017 01:46
- Comment from author about the poem: A shorter one today plus one of my semi abstracts.
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Michael your artistic pen and exciting painting perfectly capture the essence of wind on water. - - this estuary scene will live long after the read.
Thank you fay - you are too kind
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
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.
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
Very beautiful work from such a talented poet/painter!
you're too kind thanks so much WBL.
Welcome Michael!
Awesome write and awesome picture
I really do appreciate your kind review Tony- thanks so much.
Welcome
Fay says it all about poem and art. Nicely done.
Much appreciated Augustus.
Absolutely love the painting! And the poem is so descriptive i cam taste the salt water. Wonderful!
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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