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03/01/2026

Syncopated Cincopet poetry


Contest by Gregory Richard Barden

RIVER FLOWS


              From the rigid stubborn mountain 
              through chasms oozing free fountain.
              Frolic fall broke in brook again,
              shake pebbles, make way in stream.
              River flows fulfilling dream.

            Little brittle ripples to dance
            River runs, waves propagate, prance,
            soak soil of banks and enhance 
            deposit alluvial !
            Vegetation  survival.
            
            Ripples roll in rhythmic patterns 
           Ebb and Tide to come up by turn.
           In zig -zag line , river to run..
            Up-down going water flow.
            from ebb to tide , high or low.

              Rivers stir water fast or slow,
              ruffling shuffling the speed of flow
              Boatman free to float boat and row,
              whirls water on stroke of oar,
               waves to hit and thrash on shore.
        
               River always rushing restless
             vibrant, dynamic and ceaseless.
              Aqua flow runs in opulence.
               River flows for forever-
             Next, what is  its behaviour ?
               
           'whatever? then and then? 
            what to happen?’ 
                         'It mixes with ocean 
                                                on unison.’
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