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Kyrielle

Kyrielle

Dry caverns yearn for fountainheads
Splashing whirlpools filling streambeds;
Dusty grottos of emptiness
Beg for wellspring’s joyful excess.

Parched hollows anticipation
Waits for waves of transformation; 
Longs for aqua waves elation
Surging tides lyric vibrations.

Deep reservoir of creation
Hears the flowing invitation;
Swirling clear tides swell in ascent
Wellsprings chant in a new advent.

Dulcet fountains gush in rebirth
Sweet waters burst out from dry earth;
Aquifers of waters that live
Bathes the soul with grace that forgives.

8-10-22

Copyright © Sam Kauffman | Year Posted 2022

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Panagiota Romios Date: 8/14/2022 6:21:00 AM Another miraculous poem from your golden pen! You are a natural poet to me! Panagiota xxx Login to Reply Sam Kauffman Date: 8/15/2022 9:24:00 AM Pangie, my friend, thank you. I am humbled and honored. There is no greater compliment than knowing ones poetry has found a kindred spirit! You are such a gift to me. Stay cool. Looks like it's going to get hot this week for a few days. Blessings!

Bryan Norton Date: 8/11/2022 10:57:00 PM I love poems about water. I didn't know, and still don't, actually, what a Kyrielle is, but I thought it was one of the most beautiful names I ever heard! Good job here, and good luck in your future endeavors. Bryan Login to Reply Sam Kauffman Date: 8/15/2022 9:21:00 AM Hi Bryan! Thank you so much! I always enjoy your visits! I, too, love poems on water and everything related! Water is an amazing subject for poetry with so many opportunities. Kyrielle means stream and represents thought, intuition and wisdom. It comes from the French. And a perfect paring of poem type and theme! It is a beautiful word that, for me, literally dances like a stream. All the best. Blessings!

Valsa George Date: 8/11/2022 9:27:00 PM This is such a sweet song of joy with the rejuvenating waters soaking the parched land and the soul..... combining both the ephemeral and the perennial. As ever, your images gleam with a rare radiance, Sam ! All the Best ! Login to Reply Sam Kauffman Date: 8/15/2022 9:31:00 AM Hi Valsa! I was sure I had responded to your lovely message! :( Sigh. You have such an ability to go directly to the heart and theme of a poem and have perfectly described the effect I was hoping to create - a song of joy like a clear running stream. Thank you for that gift. You are a blessing! I kept thinking about the Kyrielle being a song. So glad that came through! All the best. Blessings!

W.A. Cholt Date: 8/11/2022 3:47:00 PM A very fine write. Best wishes for the contest. Login to Reply Sam Kauffman Date: 8/12/2022 10:36:00 AM Thank you so much WA! I always love hearing from you. Your messages give my day a little extra sunshine! So glad you liked this poem. All the best! Blessings!! :)"

John Watt Date: 8/11/2022 1:20:00 PM It's always pure joy to read your creations my rhythm and rhyme sister! All your rhymes are exquisite here as is your divine oneness with nature and how it reflects the glory of the Creator. "Aquifers of waters that live / Bathes the soul with grace that forgives" is simply soul-filling, though "Surging tides lyric vibrations" is also a personal favorite. Deep pools of blessing to you, sister Sam ~ R&RBro Login to Reply Sam Kauffman Date: 8/12/2022 10:31:00 AM Hi John, alias R&R bro (I like that), had a wonderful time composing this poem. Turns out this isn't a kyrielle which repeats the last line of the first stanza at the end of each stanza like a song refrain! Aargh!!! Went back and edited it to bring it into the rule book! I called it Kyrielle Two. Anyhoo - I still like this poem very much and so glad you do too poetry bro! I loved focusing on the essence and mystical qualities of water. Sending you waves of blessings in joyful excess! Also for the Friars.

Andrea Dietrich Date: 8/11/2022 1:02:00 PM Knowing Kim somewhat, I think she is going to really like your kyrielle. Maybe mine she will not like so much. You used more imagery! Well done. Login to Reply Sam Kauffman Date: 8/12/2022 10:22:00 AM Thank you so much Andrea! I am so glad that you liked this poem. Went back and looked at the definition of a Kyrielle again only to discover that I had written a quatrain instead of kyrielle as the last line of each stanza wasn't a repeat of the last line of the first stanza! Aargh - as Charlie Brown would say. Did a re-write in the proper form! I did like your entry very much! I have made so many mistakes in the past I have developed the habit of re-checking my entries! Hope you are enjoying summer in the Wasatch! Blessings.