Spic, Spec and Span

great rivers are mighty
but we should remember
that snowflakes and raindrops
are how they began
the myrical myriad
falling eternally
full of great gravity
downward they ran
mingled by summertime
gathering gleefully
singing and dancing
each one of a clan
meeting excitedly
strong and in unity
yielding identity 
spic, spec and span

Copyright © | Year Posted 2015



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Date: 3/7/2015 11:52:00 AM
That was a great write Steven. Especially loved the first four lines - they have such a profound meaning. Thanks for stopping by at one of my poems.
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Steven Hanlon
Date: 3/7/2015 6:18:00 PM
thankyou suraj, my pleasure
Date: 3/7/2015 12:31:00 AM
Nice Steven, you have a great narrative style and appreciation for nature. I kept feeling you were also referring to something else, but I just couldn't catch it! Lol. So why the title? Best, Mike
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Date: 3/7/2015 1:53:00 AM
good to hear from you mike, thankyou for your kind words. the title refers to any two discrete particles(or people) and the distance between them, span infers a relationship or bridge. the poem is about the formation of civilisations/cultures which evolve beside great rivers, freely and without artifice. it was prompted by my contemplation of human social evolution. not too much info i hope
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