Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #298 – Ocean, Lakes, Rivers, and Streams
“We’re writing water or waterways today. Your inspiration will come from one of these four sources. There are oceans of lotions, land of a thousand lakes, river of dreams and streams of consciousness. Try to find a different view of water like those above. Write your poem with that in mind.”
If I write
in streams
of consciousness
an ocean of notions
pops into my head.
I see a riverboat,
steam wheel paddling
down the Mississippi.
My gaze is steady-
non-wavering–as I wait,
but am not fated to see
the Lady in the Lake.
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