S. Lee Edwin’s free verse poem imagines water as a living entity, each body of water expressing its unique voice. From the oceans' rage to the ponds' whispered secrets, the poem gives personality to nature’s most essential element. If you enjoy this feature and would like to see more, let me know with a comment, 💌 share, ♥️ like, or better yet, a 🔄 restack!
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I wonder what water in all its different forms would say if it could speak.
Oceans raging about the mystery of themselves.
Rivers yelling and giggling and telling jokes.
Lakes yawning and talking sleepily.
Ponds telling secrets with bated breath.
Mud puddles, whining and backstabbing.
And if I were water today, I would be snow.
Silent, frozen, and plain.
But waiting to be discovered.
Surely, the words will come to me.
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S. Lee Edwin is a veteran of the Marine Corps and an Athabascan Indian from Alaska who learned to swim at eleven, won a gold medal, hugged Jesse Owens, and got lost at Disneyland. Fearing she may have peaked that year, she takes great comfort in being described as “deceptively complex.” Her writing is inspired by Hemingway and Annie Dillard.
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