Water Places Poems

In shot snap seconds, everything changed.
The horror was sudden -
a shatter-shower of bullets
bouncing off rock.
The picnic I'd laid so carefully
blew apart - black olives
tossed into...

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Train bypassing just over the rivers bend
Sturdiest and unpromising of bridges, carry my feet along your lumber
Steal away the time I should be an honorable...

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Sun-kissed stones, where shadows play,
Whisper secrets of a bygone day.
Grand Canal, in sapphire dressed,
Reflects the love within ones heart.

Gondolas glide, like whispered sighs,
Through water streets,...

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Pure
so crystal clear-
a
spring of healing 
the fountain of
life

Living Water
on tap
in a barren world
many search,but never know
this
living water 
gives life

An everlasting spring
living in your heart
an oasis
...

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Sacred places abound
in this ancient continent. 
Caves with ochre painted
figures storyboarded on walls,
mountains, scrub plains
and rock pools glistening 
in the sun seared outback 
where spirits...

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I wish I could go back there again to capture the essence of the time recapturing every word you speak and recalling the stillness in...

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Every tourist's dream, a fun expedition to
Xenial vacation spots like Hawaii by water.
Pina colada in hand on a Caribbean Island
Enjoying the beach. Sometimes I envision
...

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Traveling away from the city
to the countryside 
Heading for Strickland Lake
Picnicing by the lake
enjoying a swim

Spending time with family 
Grilling out hamburgers 
hotdogs and sometimes...

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Being met by a river like in some boyhood dream,
I retain a memory of the Wabash with affection.
 Its vista added an attraction to the...

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Hidden yet rugged
At the bottom of the world 
Cool water flowing
High above Hell’s barren gates
High above ringed deception...

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Jeff’s dull life began to glow,
His Jeff’s weight to around throw,
Great winds telling when to blow;
Tap asking to again flow…
Wasted years in Canada
And USA’s Nevada,
Though,...

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Down in hell, that stronghold of sin.
strange things stir, but let me begin.
I'll get to the point. Some details I'll skimp.
I tell the tale of...

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As a child, I played on the banks of a stream
Snaring crawdads and fetching smooth pebbles,
While my shoes and socks became sopping wet.

Wading in the...

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Far beyond the reaches of the Milky Way
A galaxy exists which remains unnamed
Unseen by human eye or large telescope,
It is, to my knowledge, not yet...

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"The streams are my veins."
                 --Constance La France

Along the...

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