Brian Baumgarn Poet Quatrain

I Am the Waters

I am a flake of winter snow
on cold and driven wind.
I've been cool drops of rain so slow
from darkened clouds unpinned.

I am the sting of frigid sleet
that makes one's skin so raw.
I've been the course of waters fleet
as winter yields to thaw.

I am the face of ice-bound lake
which hides its life beneath.
I've been the tossing waves that break
and tides which time bequeath.

I am the snow in drifted row
piled deep before your door.
I've been a river wide and slow
to live on and explore.

I am the waters flowing still,
perpetual as time.
I've been the earth's unbroken will
still granting life, sublime.

                     I am the Waters
                     11-14

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Skat A August 1, 2015 at 1:23 PM Brian, Congratulations on having your poem featured this week. **SKAT** Skat A August 1, 2015 at 1:24 PM Sorry, Brian... I clicked on the validate to many times... SK

Skat A August 1, 2015 at 1:09 PM Brian, Congratulations on having your poem featured this week. **SKAT**

Mary Rotman July 31, 2015 at 1:55 PM Beautiful rhyme-not labored at all. I love the nature descriptions too.

Romina Sagusay July 31, 2015 at 10:57 AM Wow! it was a nice poem.I got inspired by it being new in this institution, Brian..

Christian Alexander July 30, 2015 at 10:23 PM yes. i totally dig that piece my man. very well done

Teddy Kimathi July 30, 2015 at 9:57 AM I really like your verse! ;-)

Mirek Eric Sulkowski July 29, 2015 at 3:18 PM Water; inside us, around us, above us. Precious. What would we do without it? Beautifully written Brian :)

James Marshall Goff March 25, 2015 at 6:55 AM wow....very cool subject, Brian....inventive, super creative....jimbo Brian Baumgarn April 20, 2015 at 4:18 AM Thanks, James, I am just figuring out my way around the Soup. Now I know how to reply to a comment. Thanks again for positive feedback, Brian

George Seal March 4, 2015 at 10:25 AM Hi Brian , this poem is wonderfully expessed superb in every way.Great write. George, Brian Baumgarn April 20, 2015 at 4:21 AM George, still figuring out the Soup and now I am going back and replying to comments. Thanks for your on I am the Waters. And thanks again for your positive feedback I really appreciate it, Brian.