If water had a shape
would it be as calm as a lake
or possess the muscles of the ocean?If water had a voice
would it gurgle with glee
or roar as it cascades off rocks?If water had a destination
it would push past barriers
and penetrate mountains?I’ve never known water to
back away or cowerHow do I know this?
I know water
for I am water
(when I’m brave)
©Vivian Zems
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August 17, 2019 at 8:27 pm
OOOOOOOHHHHHH, how I love this – especially the ending – “I am water – when I’m brave.” Wonderful, Vivian!
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August 17, 2019 at 8:29 pm
Thanks Sherry!
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August 17, 2019 at 10:58 pm
Kind of blue.
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August 18, 2019 at 6:43 am
A wonderful water portrait, Viv! The repetition of questions is so effective, giving alternatives that seem to contain it when we know there is so much more, from a small drop to a waterfall, a trickle or a giggle to a crash. I love the ending!
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August 18, 2019 at 12:36 pm
Thanks Kim🙏🏾
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August 18, 2019 at 10:11 am
It’s no wonder we have this affinity with water, for they say we are 90% water…
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August 18, 2019 at 12:36 pm
Indeed! Thanks for dropping by 😊
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August 18, 2019 at 11:06 am
What a superb poem and i too loved the end lines
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August 18, 2019 at 12:35 pm
Thank you 😊
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August 18, 2019 at 12:33 pm
Nice one, Vivian.. we are the elements, indeed!
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August 18, 2019 at 12:35 pm
Thanks Rajani😊 I thought of your poetry collection in this prompt; “Rajani’s world”!
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August 18, 2019 at 12:57 pm
Oh I just saw the prompt at Toads 🙂
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August 18, 2019 at 1:08 pm
Wow! so beautiful! water is not weak indeed. great insight!
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August 18, 2019 at 3:29 pm
Thank you 🙂
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August 18, 2019 at 1:23 pm
Whistles!! ❤❤ This is absolutely exquisite, Vivian 😍😍😍 Love that close!
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August 18, 2019 at 3:29 pm
Thanks Sanaa! 🙂
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August 18, 2019 at 3:30 pm
Water and humans have a lot in common… we better use the benign properties… but I guess water cannot be controlled or kept, just like a free human being.
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August 18, 2019 at 3:49 pm
I love the way you summed this up, Viv.
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August 18, 2019 at 8:10 pm
Thanks Kerry!
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August 18, 2019 at 4:22 pm
kaykuala
Very good close Vivian. Water obviously has a mind of its own!
Hank
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August 18, 2019 at 8:10 pm
It sure does 😊
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August 18, 2019 at 4:42 pm
We are water literally and figuratively. I love how you lead us to our choice in how to use this element within us.
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August 18, 2019 at 8:10 pm
Thank you 🙏🏾
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August 18, 2019 at 6:58 pm
Stunning ending here Vivian!
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August 18, 2019 at 8:09 pm
Thanks Linda 😊
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August 18, 2019 at 7:50 pm
Thank you! I love the prompt and I love your poem.
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August 18, 2019 at 8:09 pm
Thank you 😊
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August 18, 2019 at 8:47 pm
I love the last line in this..
.I know water
for I am water
(when I’m brave)
When I am brave – how honest and wonderful.
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August 18, 2019 at 11:54 pm
Thanks Toni 🙂
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August 18, 2019 at 9:11 pm
Very much enjoyed this; it’s a metaphor that I’m planning to borrow the next time I need courage/energy. 🙂
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August 18, 2019 at 11:53 pm
Just BE water…lol! Thanks 🙂
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August 18, 2019 at 11:08 pm
I love the way you have characterized water and also used it has a metaphor to the way we humans are! We can learn a few things from water.
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August 18, 2019 at 11:51 pm
Absolutely! Thank you 🙂
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August 19, 2019 at 1:00 am
Water is miraculous with its many moods and magical properties.It’s power is terrifying. I m not surprised the ancients worshipped it as a divinity.
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August 19, 2019 at 7:36 pm
It definitely is
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August 19, 2019 at 1:39 am
Love it! Wonderful word crafting that cascades to an echoing finish. Awesome writing!
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August 19, 2019 at 7:37 pm
Thanks Wendy!
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August 19, 2019 at 2:56 am
Water in it’s many forms has been used and abused by mankind for thousands of years. We don’t deserve it and we surely don’t want it turn away from us, for we’d be done for and the water would just gurgle with laughter. What a great poem this is Vivian,
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August 20, 2019 at 8:15 pm
Thank you 😊
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August 19, 2019 at 4:52 am
Love your ending, Vivian. When you are brave may I call you “Pioneer Woman”?
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August 19, 2019 at 7:36 pm
Yes you may!😀
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August 19, 2019 at 6:44 am
You stated the brave bold quality of water quite well.
Happy you dropped by my blog Vivian
Much❤🕊❤love
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August 19, 2019 at 7:35 pm
My pleasure- and thank you 😊
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August 19, 2019 at 11:22 am
water is a free spirit, water is brave for it goes anywhere it wants.
what a great poem. 🙂
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August 19, 2019 at 7:35 pm
Thank you 😊
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August 19, 2019 at 1:53 pm
The first stanza made me think of Gillermo del Toro’s movie, of course–so much magic (and fluid metaphors) in the shape of water. And the lest stanza made grin an excited, “Yes!”
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August 19, 2019 at 7:02 pm
Thank you 😊 Glad you enjoyed it😊
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August 19, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Love this…Water has such power… “I know water for I am water (when I’m brave)” Yes!
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August 19, 2019 at 7:34 pm
Thanks Susie 😊
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August 20, 2019 at 12:34 pm
hi Vivian. When I read “muscles of the ocean” I knew I was in for a good ride!
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August 20, 2019 at 1:04 pm
Thank you!😃
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September 11, 2019 at 7:20 pm
Awesome poem with a great end.
I love it.
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September 11, 2019 at 8:50 pm
Thank you Lucia😊
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September 12, 2019 at 5:33 pm
🌹😊
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September 13, 2019 at 8:13 am
😊
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September 13, 2019 at 5:05 pm
🌸🌹
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October 17, 2019 at 4:51 pm
wow ur amazing. i love ur poems. whn i finish one of u r poem i just look for another one. the poems r so good i just keep reading it again and again. Finally i’m finding what i like to read.
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October 17, 2019 at 9:36 pm
Thank you for your kind words. I’m honoured 🙏🏽
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