I saw the wet light
in your eyes
and I was there
to see my face
in the mirror
pure and limpid
like a dream.
With a tip of my finger
I seize the drop
over your brow
and I put it
on my lips.
I have heard
your whispers
and I knew
how desert speaks of water
moving its land
unified
with the wind's wings shadows.
I was there
to satisfy your thirst,
to quench your fire.
I was
your fresh
glass of water.
Author notes
Written November 15th, 2006
In a list
- Nature • next in list
- AP Trophies - G - S - B and HW • next in list
- Love • next in list
- Poems by poets I admire • next in list
A contest entry
- Water...It's good for you! by naked roots.
300 points, ended November 15, 2006, 6 entries
Bronze trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - The Desert by Danna Hobart.
300 points, ended August 24, 2007, 11 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
What did you think
Comments
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Very accurate
Very accurate description of the desire within a man.
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I am always trying to represent my feelings and poetry this way. Sometimes it is not so easy.
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stupendous
in simple words, simply divine and hard to emulate as this is SONJA
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And this is my dear Nermin...always, always with your great comments and support.
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A softly sensual poem ...
tenderly written and so lovely in its phrasings of poetry. When desert speaks of water is one of the most wondrous titles I read in a very long time. Well done, Poetess.
Love
Myra
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Congratts on your trophies, one can see why they were awarded. Lovely way you have phrased these words lol
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Wonderful write
I really enjoyed reading your poem. The choice of words, the flow and the rhythms are all excellent. Likening your feeling to desert is really fascinating since it is understandable by many of us.
I really enjoyed reading your poem and thanks for sharing with us.
Would you mind reading one of my poems http://allpoetry.com/poem/show/3342726 (somehow it’s special for me) I would appreciate your comments.
~Vernal Bloom~
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Thank you Vernal Bloom for your kind visit to my poetic site, for so nice comment and applause. I will go to read your poem too.
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Oh, I like this. I could use a fresh glass of water. I often feel like I am everyone's pitcher of water, but I have no fountain to refill me, so I am left empty.
Your imagery is good. I enjoyed the contrast you made with the desert's dry waves of sand. -
Splendid
THIS IS QUITE BEAUTIFUL. I feel thirsty then i feel quenched. Very nicely done. I felt as though i was reading true poetry.
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Magic
This poem is a complete mirror of the desert as it would speak out if it could! yuo have really touched on what it takes to make a piece of writing stand out in 3D for me Sonja... I love it!
~Katie~
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Thank you dear Katie for your precious visit to my poetic site. I am always trying to do my best.
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Beautiful and refreshing. This is a wonderful write and fill of love and the wanting to take pain and hard ache from the ones loved. WEll done.
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I am glad that you find it worth to read. Thank you.
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you are eminent in this field,What will i describe more.I like this piece
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Thank you dear friend for this short but very precious comment.
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beautiful...the presence of love in those lines is really touching...
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Thank you nilav for comment and applause.
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Wow my dear friend, this was so lovely..you left me thirsty also ..I need cold glass of water..your words are so soft and so peaceful..and of course the desert is where i come from so you took me to little journey with your warmth in your poem...great job Sonja
AJ
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Thank you dear AJ, I am glad that you enyoed this little poetic journey.
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Why I added this to my list...
With this you touched
with one sweaty drop
scooping into my rough
soul deep without stop.
Like misty love jumping
involuntarilly from my eyes
my heart was pumping
sighing with your cries.
Abdul Tawala Ibn Ali Alishtari
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Thank you for adding this poem to your list and for so nice comment.
~Sonja~
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Beautiful, Sonja
I so love this poem...it is simply beautiful, my friend and it speaks to me on so many levels. Of course the desert has always held an allure, a fascination for me. This poem speaks softly and gently and the love here is almost tangible. Just beautiful, heartfelt poetry that brings tears to my eyes...
~ Nicolette
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Thank you Nicolette. I like nature and I like to read and to write poetry about nature. Love is always present between my lines. Only the real poet could recognize the truth and you are one of them.
~Sonja~
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a wonderful title in fact a poem almost in itself. i liked very much the ideas behind these words
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Thank you for your visit to my site to read my poetry and for kind comment.
~Sonja~
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Well chosen words Sonja for this particular contest, I can see why you were placed with a trophy for your efforts!
I especially enjoyed your second stanza, just one drop of water can be a life saving commodity when it gives relief from a great thirst; be it a thirst for life, a thirst for knowledge, or that of love.
Well Done my friend for the opportunity of being able to read this, the form looks good, the flow too is effective.
~Katie~
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Thank you Katie for this precious comment.
Merry Christmes
~Sonja~
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THIS IS FANTASTIC!
We reach out to the one we love and are there for them in their time of need, we are their water when they are thirsty, we are their food when they are hungry and we are their hope and faith as we give our love to them.
This is so beautiful my friend.
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Outstanding
I think you have a real talent for free verse, this poem has just the right amount of nuance and emotion. I loved all the water imagery especially the line:
and I knew
how desert speaks of water
The ending of the poem was excellent, developing the theme. Another amazing poem.
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Thank you. Actualy I started with rhyming poetry to learn language and words because I like to read some good rhyme. Free verse was my favorites from the begining. I am glad that you found my verses excelent.
~Sonja~
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just popped by to say hello, and what do I find, a masterpiece. this has a very moving write. well worthy of your trophy. keep up the great work.
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Thank you Mike.I will try as I always do.
~Sonja~
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Refreshing!
This is a very well written poem, and left me feeling thirsty, for my own glass of water!! BRAVO!! You're the master Poet here at AP!! Rose of Ireland
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Thank you dear Rose.
I am glad you like it.
~Sonja~
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Very good!
This is a new style of writing for you mum, very descriptive and full of deep meaning with a little unexpected twist at the end! I enjoyed the read, thank you for sharing and well done winning the Bronze Trophy! Love you. Laura
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Look at this applausses :)
Three applauses? WAW! Thank you dear La. Unexpected end? Maybe! From time to time I like to surprise my readers (and myself too,he,he).
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UUUUUUmmmmmmmmm... delicious poem!
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Sonja, it's long time since I've commented on your excellent work... I must confess I've missed your lovely poetry... this is incredible poem... If I may... can I slot in myself in this stanza?... as if it was written for me
I have heard
your whispers
and I knew
how desert speaks of water
moving its land
unified
with the wind's wings shadows.
This was very heartfelt and wonderfully expressed...Yes I do need a glass of fresh water for what I've been through recently...
I was
your fresh
glass of water.
simply awesome write...
Congratulations on winning a trophy... you deserved it by far...
mina
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Thank you mina for your time you spent on my site to read and comment my poetic expression. For you? Well...if you wish...do not hesitate to take your glass of water.
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Thank you dear. Tea is a good choice
Well, all depands, before or after lol hm... water. 
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Thank you. It was always a special honour to me to be in the same contest with you.
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ohh i could just do with a nice fresh glass of water, shame what we have coming from the tap doesn't fit that bill, i might go for a cup of tea instead a good poem. spill ink and twist me into the crazy shape of love...
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Congrat on bronze...such a lovely piece as I love the desert almost as much as my mountains...
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It's great I can leave comments on my friends' poems again.
It's a wonderful piece.
Wish you the best luck in the contest.
Shahrzad
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Thank you Kevin. Love must be like a plain, easy like a flowing water and always refreshing. Unfotunately from time to time escept of fresh watter we have only empty, warm mud.
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SO BEAUTIFUL AND TOUCHING
What a beautiful way of expressing love between two An awesome poem
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Thank you for this contest. I like to write about nature and especialy about water. This time this is little different from my previous verses. I am glad you like it.
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"With a tip of my finger
I seize the drop
over your brow
and I put it
on my lips."
I loved the imagery of that line, could picture it perfectly in my mind! Vivid and moving, quite a wonderful poem if I say so myself. Thank you very much for entering it into my contest
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You are right Sam, not recently, but that was my kind of poetry. I started with rhyme on AP what was pretty good way to learn more words, terms and sometimes some new poetic form. Thank you for your great comment.
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I haven't seen you do that much free verse. You write well in this form. It takes a gift to convey a thought or story in poetic verse. When Desert Speaks of Water holds so much clear meaning in only a short poem. This is an excellent expression of devotion.
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