River of Life
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It rises in the mountains;
Continually in motion
It flows towards the sea
Obeying the call of the ocean.
Steep cliffs are no constraint;
It flings itself over chasms
In scenic cascades and falls
Plunging into rainbows
To lie deep in pools below.
It snakes across the valleys,
Carves its path in stone
And races ‘cross rocky outcrops,
The water white with foam.
It bubbles over pebbles,
And gushes through the rushes,
It laps on sandy shores,
Its course, its flood, its flow
Sprays the land adjoining
To allow the crops to grow.
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©DGA 13 February 2012 11:44
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That is so evocative and beautiful, Denise.
I really enjoyed it.
Thank you
John
I am so glad you did, John. Thank you, my friend.
Beautiful tribute to the power and majesty of a life-giving element.
Rivers always make me think of blood vessels taking nourishment to all the parts of the body. Thank you Hook.
A flowing river is like hope, it brings life to everything it touches…
Blessings – Maxi
So very true, Maxi!
Wonderful river thoughts, Adee. Makes me think of that hymn,
“Like a river glorious, is God’s perfect peace,
Over all victorious, in its bright increase;
Perfect, yet it floweth, fuller every day,
Perfect, yet it groweth, deeper all the way.”
Lovely hymn, AD. Rivers are such an inspiration to me…
nice capture of the flow of the river…i have been to the mountains where a few begin, even bathed in them (brrrr…..) and appreciate all that the water does to bring life as it rolls on…
There is nothing quite like drinking ice cold spring water, Brian!
Very descriptive, I could see it flowing.
I am so glad, Jeannie.
And that is where the “Crystal Waters” flow, and thanks to you Denise, I have this vivid picture of an immense waterfall, hiding somewhere in a rain forest.
I wish I could stand under a waterfall and shower, Jake!
ooohhh speaking of vivid pictures…
Denise, I got caught up in the flow myself!
I love water!
That’s great to hear, Tom.
Lovely images and analogies!
Thank you, Col. Bit rough in patches though…
So descriptive. There is such lovely movement in this poem. What would we do without our rivers?
Thanks, Selma. Our rivers are so important to the whole conservation scheme of things…
This is so beautiful.
It may be, Inzwakazi, but not nearly as beautiful as the real thing, haha!
I think I need to see South African mountains and rivers to appreciate this in its full beauty, Denise
Gorgeous words.
Thank you, Kate. I think rivers everywhere are very beautiful.
The river teaches us so much. It has been the same river for thousands of years and yet it is not the same river from moment to moment. But I wonder what I am supposed to learn from that.
The more things change, Carl, like our world, the more they stay the same basically… This poem was just a descriptive piece though, about how rivers interact with mankind’s development in some ways.
Beautiful adee:)
*hugs*
Thanks so much, Hope. ♥
Such a powerful source in water. This poem takes the speed and flow so well
Thank you for the nice comment, Kiersty.
You depict some of the varied moods of a river. Always changing, always the same.
A little bit like life, Ben?
And after I’d decided not to say that too. No escape, I suppose.
You know what they say about great minds…
Like Robert Southey’s poem “The Cataract of Ladore”, Denise, your poem also jumped over hills and hillocks, passed through creeks and crevices, skipped along glens and gorges, sprayed over plains and plateaus…to breeze past us cool.
A very picturesque one. Congrats.
Thank you for reading and commenting, Sunamu. It is so nice to see you back again.
lOVELY RIVER OF LIFE!!! are you back yet?
Thanks, Paul.
Probably back this weekend – I hope!
Beautiful adee
*hugs*
Thank you so much, Hope.