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poetry by j matthew waters

earthbound and elemental

she keeps old zippo
and stick matches
stashed inside denim pockets
just in case something
ever needs starting

innocent dragons
breathe in knowledge
exhaling old world ideas
to winded children
dying for fresh air

oceans rock and roil
worshipped by clouds
parading as aliens
showering the coast
inexorably

deep within the soil
life awakens
stirred by foot driven shovels
uncovering rock
never before seen

january two thousand fourteen
copyright j matthew waters
all rights reserved

Posted in Nature, Poetry and tagged air, earth, fire, four elements, mother nature, nature, poem, Poetry, syllabic, wind

8 thoughts on “earthbound and elemental”

liliessparrowsandgrass on January 22, 2014 at 10:13 pm said:

wonderful poetry… very well done…

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- j matthew waters on January 22, 2014 at 10:16 pm said:
  
  So glad you think so, thank you, Dee,
  
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Lonely Daffodil on January 23, 2014 at 8:35 am said:

Wow, great image!

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- j matthew waters on January 23, 2014 at 6:23 pm said:
  
  Thank you very much, Miwako.
  
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Björn Rudberg (brudberg) on January 25, 2014 at 10:30 am said:

This one is amazing.. the second stanza… what imagination.

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- j matthew waters on January 25, 2014 at 10:37 am said:
  
  Thank-you, Björn – very glad you think so.
  
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Wordifull Melanie on March 4, 2014 at 1:50 am said:

Especially love that second stanza 🙂

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- j matthew waters on March 4, 2014 at 6:32 am said:
  
  Thanks so much, Melanie.
  
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