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poetry by j matthew waters

blue river

I wandered down to the river
where the rolling rock
segues into a row of willows
settled inside the shadows
and wished my blues away

dark clouds gathered ‘round
blanketing the sunshine
casting sheets of rain upon the river
purposefully rhythmical
yet without any reason

eyes surrendering to gravity
I spread my body across the ground
like an angel with torn wings
dreaming within the willows
in every single color except blue

april two thousand fourteen
copyright j matthew waters
all rights reserved

Posted in Nature, Poetry and tagged blues, nature, poem, poetry, rain, river

14 thoughts on “blue river”

thesewordsiwrite2012 on April 6, 2014 at 8:54 pm said:

Nice. About the last lines… why dream in every color except for blue? Just curious…

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- j matthew waters on April 6, 2014 at 8:56 pm said:
  
  because he went to the river to wash away his blues – as far as I can tell, anyway.
  
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  - thesewordsiwrite2012 on April 6, 2014 at 9:01 pm said:
    
    Cool! Great poem.
  - j matthew waters on April 6, 2014 at 9:20 pm said:
    
    😀
The Course of Our Seasons on April 6, 2014 at 9:41 pm said:

Gorgeous, John – loved the angel with torn wings – really that whole last stanza – just beautiful K

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- j matthew waters on April 7, 2014 at 6:36 am said:
  
  Thanks so much, Kathleen.
  
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stgreenie on April 7, 2014 at 6:51 pm said:

Reblogged this on stgreenie.

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Wordifull Melanie on April 10, 2014 at 9:13 pm said:

This is utterly fabulous!

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- j matthew waters on April 10, 2014 at 9:19 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Melanie – means so much to me, truly.
  
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Wordifull Melanie on April 10, 2014 at 9:16 pm said:

OK, have reread and have to say your closing stanza is wonderful!

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Lolamarina (@1Lolamarina) on April 26, 2014 at 11:09 pm said:

Absolutely Love this one!!! It’s a keeper!

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- j matthew waters on April 27, 2014 at 12:04 am said:
  
  Thanks again, Lola 😀
  
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ghostbusterbev on May 2, 2014 at 9:39 pm said:

This one really grabbed me; I love it!

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- j matthew waters on May 2, 2014 at 10:27 pm said:
  
  Thanks so much, Beverley. Hope all is well.
  
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