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A river of words

Every word that you write is the start of a river,
Tumbling and fumbling its way to the sea.
All of the sounds that they send from the giver,
Spreading your thoughts and emotions to me.
The mountains inside are the source of the writing,
Building and growing and crashing on down.
Finding a path through deep gullies exciting,
Feeding the greens and refreshing the brown.
Joining and merging and spreading and growing
Poetry forms where the cold rivers meet,
Emotions and love and thoughts they are showing,
The sugars and spices that make living sweet.
Now that the words are a poem of stature,
The life that surrounds them can blossom and thrive.
Filling the heads of the readers with rapture,
Making me feel that I'm glad I'm alive.
The poems from poets the sighs of the readers
Merging together, the sea of ideas.
The richness of thought can now nourish the feeders,
Foundations of life, throughout all of the years.

Author notes

Inspired by "Words are flowing out like..." The opening line of Across the Universe and dedicated to all my favourites and to the great poets who have been making judging the Rhyme contests with Sue such a joy.

Note for US readers in the UK "years" and "ideas" are perfect rhymes and poem is two syllables, cannot fix the latter but I shall look for an international rhyme to replace the ending. I wrote a version of this poem for Amera, whose poetry inspired a big improvement in mine, it uses some more US friendly pronunciation, you may prefer it, it is called Amera's River

Keep filling the sea chaps!

"Across the Universe" "Jai guru deva om"

My screen name is cricketjeff, but I am Jeff Green.

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  • iloveyoualexa
    February 1

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    i love how this poem reads and feel you have done a very good job on it, well done and keep up the good work.


  • CatSlash
    February 1

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    What a beautifully written poem. I admire your rhyming talent greatly. I used to be a rhyming poet, then somehow I seem to have lost it along the way... Still, that just strengthens my admiration for the complexity of some of the words you've chosen here to rhyme with. Astounding job, I've not read much of this calibre before.

  • BabyBun silver member
    February 1

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    Marvellous!

    wow, just wonderful writing. The movement and momentum you have created just takes my breath away. This poem is a great example of how the written word can be just as beautiful as the finest painting. Well done indeed .

    . Rewarded 4


  • darkmermaid
    February 1
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    beautifully written! I loved the rhyme scheme. Great work!

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