Waterlogged Poems

List of New Poems

PM	Poem Title	Poet	Form	Form	Categories
	Shooting Rapids In The Time Stream	matthew harris	Free verse	Free verse	waterlogged, allusion, father, heaven, humorous,
	What IS yer Deal	Duncan R. M. Ferguson	Lyric	Lyric	waterlogged, angst, conflict, introspection, perspective,
	DAYS AND DAYS OF RAIN	Kim Rodrigues	Free verse	Free verse	waterlogged, weather,
	waterlogged leaves	Kim Rodrigues	Haiku	Haiku	waterlogged, weather,
	Rainy Days And Mondays	cheryl hoffman	Light Verse	Light Verse	waterlogged, humor, rain, work,
	CRANBERRY HARVEST	Kim Rodrigues	Free verse	Free verse	waterlogged, fruit, thanksgiving,
	Tilt A World	Raven Tones	Light Verse	Light Verse	waterlogged, absence, depression, lost love,
	fifty mental pains of darkness	verlecia fields	Bio	Bio	waterlogged, abuse, anti bullying, bullying,
	The Great Apology	Daniel Handschuh	Rhyme	Rhyme	waterlogged, humor,
	Eye For An Eye	Dalton Ogletree	Rhyme	Rhyme	waterlogged, poetry, rap, word play,
	Flights of Fancy	David Smith	Imagism	Imagism	waterlogged, allusion, angel, beautiful, blessing,
	Diaries from distant shores II	William Greco	Epic	Epic	waterlogged, lost love, ocean, pain,
	Can We Feel Music	Carol Geyer	Free verse	Free verse	waterlogged, music,
	All for you	Deon Burger	Free verse	Free verse	waterlogged, relationship,
	Hothouse Flower	Margot Weidemann	Free verse	Free verse	waterlogged, betrayal, jealousy, love,
	mystery ship	jan oskar hansen	Chant Royal	Chant Royal	waterlogged, dedication, miracle, voyage, water,
	The Murder of Willow	Elaine George	Narrative	Narrative	waterlogged, death, life, nature,
	Waterlogged	Carol Eastman	Rhyme	Rhyme	waterlogged, feelings, good morning, how
	Paper Heart	Gabrielle Zeger	Free verse	Free verse	waterlogged, depression
	Dont Drink The Water	Thomas King	I do not know?	I do not know?	waterlogged, addiction, change, hope, inspirational,
	Oragami	Cameron Hartley	Free verse	Free verse	waterlogged, cry, metaphor, relationship, sad,
	TEENAGE JOURNAL	Kim van Breda	Dramatic monologue	Dramatic monologue	waterlogged, introspection, teenage,
	Good Tidings	Debbie Guzzi	Verse	Verse	waterlogged, adventure, faith, inspirational, introspection,
	Backfire	Laura Breidenthal	Free verse	Free verse	waterlogged, angst, confusion, death, depression,
	the potato chip revolution	andrew delapruch	Free verse	Free verse	waterlogged, life
	Ophelia	Nathaniel Köhp	Free verse	Free verse	waterlogged,
	Faith Like a Phoenix	Hana Ryusaka	Dramatic monologue	Dramatic monologue	waterlogged, imagination, introspection, lifelove,
	Harmony	Hana Ryusaka	Free verse	Free verse	waterlogged, life, love
	Waterlogged	Melissa Wadkins Patterson	Free verse	Free verse	waterlogged, sad
	Brave New World	Samantha McDougal	Free verse	Free verse	waterlogged, adventure, allegory, angst, autumn,
	Sea Songs	Jill Martin	Rhyme	Rhyme	waterlogged, adventure, loss, sad, sea,
	Contempt Has A Name	Karen Bryson-Lewis	Didactic	Didactic	waterlogged, black african american, lost
	Mistress of the Light	Dawn Drickman	Rhyme	Rhyme	waterlogged, history, people, places, sea,
	MYXOEDEMA	Dr.Hemant Vinze	I do not know?	I do not know?	waterlogged, education, health, science,

Waterlogged Poem Example

The Murder of Willow

A gentle breeze fluttered the curtain I hid behind, as I strained to hear above the 
pounding of the heart that was trying to break out of my chest, and above the 
roaring behind the eardrums that were channeling to me, the conversation taking 
place between my husband and Mr. Burly, who were standing out on the upper deck 
of the backyard.

“WE HAVE TO TAKE HER DOWN,” Mr. Burly commanded. 

“Is there no other way,” my husband asked? 

“No” Mr. Burly replied.  “You and I both know, she has gone too far… getting tangled 
up in all that underground activity.  It will only bring you BIG TROUBLE if you don’t 
stop her RIGHT NOW."

Many times over the years, I had fought for her life and won, but I knew there would 
be no changing their mind this time.

So…I locked myself in the bathroom while they murdered her.  There… on the lid 
of the porcelain throne, with my head hanging over the sink, I sat, watching a 
stream of tears slide down the drain as the sound of the chainsaw outside, shattered 
my mind. 

No one will ever know how much I loved her…no one but me and the drain.

~~~

It was days before I had the mental and physical strength to bring myself to the 
place where they had thrown her torso and severed limbs in the ravine among the 
discarded clumps of kitty litter, waterlogged cardboard boxes, weeds and wild 
flowers that grew there, in abundance.  

~~~

I remembered the first time I had ever seen her…a tiny sapling born from a seed 
that had flown on the wind and landed in the lower level of the backyard and taken 
root. Not knowing who or what she would be, I left her there thinking she would never 
survive the winter…but she did.  

“Too close to the house and the septic system,” the arborous said. “She’s a Willow, 
and her roots will cause you nothing but trouble, mark my words.”  But now she had 
leaves…and they were so beautiful. 

For twelve years, I fought to save her life as she grew and grew until she reached 
the upper deck, her beautiful branches and tri-colored leaves reaching over the 
railing…touching me as her long supple limbs swayed and moved to the will of the 
wind as she danced to the tune of the wind chimes as humming birds came and went.

Sentenced to death for growing to close, my beautiful Willow was brought down in 
the prime of her life.


Then, I had turned around, and looked at the barren place where she once stood, 
and heard the words someone once said to me, ‘NOTHING REMAINS THE SAME 
FOREVER’, but those words brought me no comfort.

The only solace I could find in that moment, as I stood above the quickly decaying 
remnants of that once beautiful creature was: knowing that my willow would never 
weep again.


Written:  August 26, 2014
Author:  Elaine George

Poem Copyright © Elaine George