Algae Invocation
Can I ask you this: Imagine you
are not you now,
but instead you bloom
like algae
in the cool flow
of a gentle river. Its steady current
ovals and ebbs, snakes
through the limestone and silica
like it has for
so long.
In this ephemera, you feel
sun,
its true bronze-gold
sweetness: the fresh
river air like a forgotten
memory–
let it encapsulate you
and ride this river,
be algae,
home as far as some distant ocean
home itself
of many rivers,
where you live as far away as this feeling.
Let me me ask
and take you there.
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Love this !
The length of the lines
Gives it a rhythm out loud.
I think this is a performance piece.
It works!
And the suspension works too.
Again not sure why or how but it really does.
The movement in this piece is exquisite. Agree with Coleman, a great performance piece.
Really love:
Its steady current
ovals and ebbs, snakes
through the limestone and silica
despite it being wet and flowing…
this makes me think of fossils somehow..(?)
the pace of re-form-ation from life to rock..
nice work.
Wow this is wonderful
the idea of blooming
in the cool flow
of a gentle river!!!!
Self-portrait as algae! This poem is imaginative and it goes places like the river.
This is beautiful! I especially like
its true bronze-gold
sweetness: the fresh
river air like a forgotten
memory–
Shaun – Thank you for taking me out of myself today and letting me drift down the river of your words. Love how you made even the humblest among us into something worthy of spirit and sacredness. Your poems launch fireworks in me as a reader and a writer. (Sorry, people have been previewing the 4th all week long around here. I much prefer it in the poetry!)
Loved the mood and the movement of this, how meditative it feels, sacred & connective. Needed to read this. Thank you.
Beautiful peace/piece. Algae is such a healing/nutritious substance that adds to your flowing imagery. ephemera is one of my favorite words, in its original meaning. Love “in this ephemera you feel sun.”