Poetry Sunday: I Flow Like Water

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1. Two wonderful poems.. so much reflection and wisdom

   1. Thanks Jae Rose! It has been a wonderful transformation….

2. Your poem has an additional meaning for me – it describes beautifully the poetry community we are all part of: ‘Becoming something greater, brimming beyond its boundaries into the unified flow’.

   1. Lovely Kim. I am so happy this resonated with you for a different reason. Yes we are part of many communities, and being part of them is so very important.

3. The rivers and seas always impress us because like us they are busy all the time trickling, flowing, splashing ,even roaring down mountains or beating against the shore. It not only gives us life in providing drinking water but forms boundaries and passageways for us to travel far far away. What a beautiful poem Donna.

4. Oh thank you so much Robin! Your thoughts and words are beautiful.

5. Love this! Especially; Each break and fall brings renewed energy. Moving with grace and determination, it may ebb but does not cling for long
   coursing forward, onward through darkness and light.”

   1. That is a particularly poignant line for me as it brings to light how I feel transformation, change…..I am so pleased you loved it Sanaa!

6. There is something so joyously hopeful in this piece.

   1. Thank you Rommy….for me the hope is that as long as water flows so do I, so does my life as we are forever flowing and changing.

7. I like the analogy of moving water being like one’s inner growth…….starting with a trickle, then union with the greater body…….the image with poem superimposed is beautiful, Donna.

   1. Sometimes I wonder how poems evolve and this one certainly had a mind of its own….I still almost can’t believe it came through me. I am happy you liked the poem and image Sherry!

8. Ah, your poem is so very metaphoric. Drops of water joining the ocean. One voice joining many and turning into a chorus and then an uprising. And yes, as Kim says, the poetry community. Journal of Solitude has long been a favorite book. Smiles.

   1. Thank you Mary….I am reading more of Sarton’s Journals and loving them…. Journal of Solitude really spoke to me as a poet and as an introvert.

9. Your words are beautiful and soothing to my soul ♡

   1. Oh you are too kind….thank you Tanya!

10. there is something about the flow of water. it is life itself. it mirrors the journey of each of us.
    your poem reminds us of that.

    1. Beautifully said!

11. Something about how you shaped the water and followed its pathway. I get you…and you flowed beautifully here 🙂

    1. Oh that makes me happy that you followed the flow…thank you Vivian!

12. I have always been enthralled with water… your words brought that to the fore front…

    1. Oh that is wonderful! I am pleased!

13. This is life, motivating, inspiring us to keep moving forward through everything.
    Beautifully expressed !

    1. Exactly….flowing and merging, connecting!

14. If only we all came to the realization that we flow into One. Lovely, wise poem!

    1. Oh Myrna, yes that is exactly what I was feeling as I wrote this….how lovely you felt it too!

15. Water is powerful, beautiful, life giving and a true benison. There are much, muck worse things to be.

    1. True….I love the of water and feel a true affinity with it!

16. Wise and inspirational poem.

    1. Oh thank you so much….so pleased you enjoyed it Ayala!

17. I love your inspirational words of wisdom, of personal growth, Donna.
    Together, united, we are stronger.
    Anna :o]

    1. Thank you for your beautiful words Anna!

18. Vastness and smallness. The interrelatedness is so interesting
    Thanks for dropping by my Sunday Standard Donna

    Muchlove

    1. Yes, it is interesting how life ebbs and flows….much love to you gillena!

19. Excellent! It reminded me of the “The Little Prince” by Antoine De Saint-Exupery,,,,
    “How could the drops of water know themselves to be a river? Yet the river flows on.”

    1. Oh yes….how do the drops know….how do we learn to flow? So glad you enjoyed it my friend! 🙂

20. Your first comment was about transformation. That’s what I see in this poem. And tranquility. A gentle poem and caring for yourself.

    1. It was the original theme for me but it can be interpreted as so much more.

21. Loved this! The first line sets off a mesmerizing cascade of evocative images that, for me, speak – metaphorically – to the process of personal growth and change. A beautifully rendered piece.

    1. As always your comments are so supportive. Thank you Wendy. This was such an personally important poem for me.

22. The movement in this…it’s just like a dance made into a poem. Gorgeous.

    1. Thanks so much Chrissa. Water flowing is like a dance isn’t it.

23. With breakneck speed it joins itself to the larger body
    Into the communal whole it tumbles fearless

    Reminiscent of how some die hard personalities become successful with their gung-ho attitudes. Brilliant word-craft Donna!

    Hank

    1. Thanks so much!

24. I was tracing the journey from inside. So blue and weightless.

    1. Much how I experience it too!

25. I love this line in Particular “Into the communal whole it tumbles fearless” as you move us from little drop to the expansive whole.

    1. I think that part was the most important of all as it was where my journey has been headed.

26. I think you’ve captured the “droplets” journey really well with in your poem.

    1. Thank you Julian.

27. Beautiful images, both words and pictures. I too like the metaphorical aspect, which could have many applications.

    1. Thank you Rosemary. This one was a personal labor of love and has resonated with others in many different ways which pleases me!

28. Beautifully spiritual. Water, the greatest gift friom the Divine to our wonderful planet.

    1. I am so pleased you liked the poem…..it was a spiritual journey and gift, this poem, and what better metaphor to use than water flowing as it too is a gift as you so beautifully have said!

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