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Seasons On the Mississippi

Mighty curving snake courses
Monstrous volume Mississippi
Like great dark horses
That in the spring feels zippy
Whose frozen waters now like ornithopappi


Contest entry:Five Lines Down
Sponsor: Brian Strand

Copyright © Sara Kendrick | Year Posted 2011

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Debbie Guzzi Date: 5/17/2011 8:44:00 AM lots of ippi here LOL BIG hugs Light & Love Login to Reply

Cory Long Date: 5/17/2011 5:42:00 AM this is very good with a nice flow good luck in the contest! cory Login to Reply

Matt Hunt Date: 5/16/2011 3:35:00 PM Very good. I see this doing well. Thank you for your comments on my poem Way To Be a Friend:) R.M. Login to Reply

Michelle Mac Donald Date: 5/16/2011 11:44:00 AM Great metaphors and imagery, Sara! Those 'dark horses' aren't easily tamed. You'd think by the winding beauty of it, the excess water would get dizzied and be more restful? Tragic for those living close to it's shores. Good luck with the contest...looks like a winner to me! Best wishes, Mikki Login to Reply

Robert Ginter Date: 5/16/2011 9:27:00 AM Greetings Sara, thank you for your comment. I hope the recent flooding has missed your house. I learned a new word after reading this. Thanks for the added vocabulary! :) See you soon. -Rob Login to Reply

Ravindra K Kapoor Date: 5/15/2011 5:37:00 PM What a great beauty you have sketched while painting the diminishing water of this great river Mississippi during the season of spring. I use to read in the Geography books about this amazing River, but listening from you has left a different experience. Thank you for your kind and precious comments on my poem on Portrait of Jesus. He always kept a very special place for me and He would continue to do so in future also. Love and best wishes always ...Ravindra...S. Ken Login to Reply

Don Johnson Date: 5/15/2011 3:20:00 PM Interesting mighty river spreading on the flooding plain thanks of course comments easing bountiful to ease the pain hehe thanks babe Don Login to Reply

Jack Horne Date: 5/15/2011 2:46:00 PM I love this, Sara. I've always wanted to see the Mississippi - couldn't spell it on my own, though LOL Login to Reply

Nette Onclaud Date: 5/15/2011 1:46:00 PM oh how this pines for some respite , sara... may the sun glow like this lightly bleak yet blooming write... please let me know if you're alright! lovely metaphors with best winning wishes! :) huggs, nette Login to Reply

Linda-Marie Sweetheart Date: 5/15/2011 12:48:00 PM thankxx Sara for your encouraging words... the devil never takes a vacation from bashing God's children ...but staying strong is surviving to receive blessings and I am ready.. no weapon formed against me shall prosper is the promise I have relied on my entire life... worked then..working now... the weeds shall dry up... and only the good crop remain.. appreciate your luv and support and always kind words.. Login to Reply

Jancarl Campi Date: 5/15/2011 12:02:00 PM Thanks for walking with me. Are you from the south? This poem is perfect. Made me miss new orleans. Take care, Papagallo Login to Reply

James Foulk Date: 5/15/2011 10:28:00 AM learned a new word, the word Ornithopappi means an extinct order of birds, which you mean that the waters are no longer frozen, justlike those birds are no longer here, am I correct? any way this was a great piece you wrote. thank you for commenting on Pine Cone kissing needles Login to Reply

Phyllis Babcock Date: 5/15/2011 10:26:00 AM I hear the water of the Mississippi is a rising. I hope you are no where near the flooding. Love the poem , thank you for your birthday wishes. A mixed feeling as 60 now seems so old ha ha. I guess if you say it fast what is in a number right??? Have a nice weekend. love phyl Login to Reply

Linda-Marie Sweetheart Date: 5/15/2011 9:48:00 AM Well stated Sara ..good luck in the contest with this true to life description of the raging river ... impressive write my friend.. Login to Reply