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poetry by j matthew waters

just before the calm

there is symmetry in your words
aloft and capacious
passing through like clouds

I used to love the way you talked
but that was long ago
and though I’ve tried I can’t consciously
recall the rhythm or the flow

those wind chimes you hung
still haunt me so
how they suddenly appear out of thin air
colorless and perfectly soundless

june two thousand seventeen
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Posted in Nature, Poetry and tagged nature, poem, Poetry

11 thoughts on “just before the calm”

bluebellina on June 12, 2017 at 8:12 pm said:

Quite lovely to read. So flowing and mellifluous.

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- j matthew waters on June 12, 2017 at 8:14 pm said:
  
  thank you so very much
  
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Annie on June 12, 2017 at 8:48 pm said:

Beautiful 🌹

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- j matthew waters on June 13, 2017 at 5:57 am said:
  
  Thank you so much, Annie.
  
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mkrashes on June 13, 2017 at 8:02 am said:

whoa.

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- j matthew waters on June 13, 2017 at 7:14 pm said:
  
  jaja muchas gracias
  
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Bonny Blogger on June 13, 2017 at 11:02 am said:

am a wind chime lover, the way you described them in your poem…perfecto!

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- j matthew waters on June 13, 2017 at 12:01 pm said:
  
  thanks so much, Bonnie
  
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denise0904 on June 13, 2017 at 11:21 pm said:

would have loved to hear you read this….has a lovely resonance in my mind.

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- j matthew waters on June 14, 2017 at 4:44 pm said:
  
  thank you, denise
  
  ps: the audio should be working – if it doesn’t play at first simply reload the page and try again
  
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  - denise0904 on June 16, 2017 at 8:43 pm said:
    
    oh yes…beautiful, draws you in. knew you would make it sound dreamy.

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