A quadrille for the dverse prompt.
Sometimes
we look into the depths of a pool
see fish tail-flicking,
zig-zagging among weeds
bright shards of starlight
cast into the night water
longing for home.
Sometimes
when the water is murky dark
bubbling up from the core
we hear the earth roar.
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Loving that sneaky rhyme in those last lines. Such vivid imagery here. Wonderful.
Thank you, De 🙂
I see how the water can fascinate with the lure of the first stanza and put us in fear of the unknown coming from below.
Deep water is full of magic and darkness too.
I like the comparison of what me see and what we hear. Sometimes one sense is more important than the other.
Thank you. And sometimes we only see the glitter and not the mud at the bottom.
As a kid I dove off a 15′ board into deep water at night. It was extremely frightening. My friends claimed I zoomed to the surface and walked on water to get to shore.
That last stanza sneaks up on us! Good write.
Thank you, Beverly 🙂
That last one kinda sneaks up on you. Nice.
Pat
Thank you, Pat.
It’s been doing quite a bit of roaring lately…(K)
Yet you wouldn’t think so the way we flounce out of summits and agreements.
I like the description of the earth’s roar bubbling up.
Thank you, Frank.
For some reason I can’t help thinking about that volcano waiting to roar in the Philippines. I guess I fear another disaster. sigh..sorry for going there…but, I think it will roar.
I, also, was reminded of a volcano.
It was the kind of thing I intended. There are so many instances of the earth roaring and we don’t listen. We should. We won’t get indefinite warnings.
Great quadrille. I especially liked the last stanza and the description of the earth roaring.
Thank you!
Yes, hear the Earth roar. We need to.
We do. Imagine if instead of Indonesia it was Florida, Mar el Lago to be specific that was hit by a tsunami. Do you think we might hear a bit more about climate change?
Yep. Climate change would–what do you know?–then become a thing. As if it hadn’t been before, elsewhere. Disgusting it would take this to draw attention. Indonesia’s real, urgent. Nature, people.
We never really care much, for all our pious thoughts and prayers, for people who live a long way away and don’t even speak English.
Yes, sigh, those who care branded as prophets and fools. Foolish prophets.
I hear the Earth’s roar in earthquakes, volcanoes and wildfires. This may not have been your intended message but it is pertinent.
It was actually. We are all very impressed by sunsets and picture postcard landscapes, but we don’t take care of them. We trash everything, and nature is starting to roar.
We definitely need to learn how to take care of this earth.
I hope we’re quick learners. Experience would suggest the opposite though.
I agree with De about the sneaky rhyme, Jane, in a stanza that contrasts to first one so full of awe and ‘bright shards of starlight’.
Thank you. The rhyme was nice but unintentional, a bonus 🙂
Deep and thoughtful reflection on the earth, viz the intricacies of natures surface or presenting beauty, underneath a great strength.
Thank you. Nature is always deep and dark and powerful, but often we choose to only see the sparkly bits.
O yes indeed. And so many are shocked when the less sparkly side rears up. I laugh when I hear of efforts to prevent cyclones, earthquakes.
I think Trump’s solution is the best—nuke ’em.
I sometimes feel that exasperated I would.
I’d line up all the Trumps and deniers of this world and nuke them first. We could maybe nuke the weapons then once and for all.
Yes, a two for one action, I love bargains 🙂
The best bargain the earth could get 🙂
Absolutely Jane 🙂
Nature does act like that in a sneaky way, when her darkness come to a roar
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My little intake of breath at those last lines. Yes.
It’s coming, and we’re going to regret we didn’t heed the grumbling warnings.
Love the different moods that water can evoke.
I have great respect for the elements 🙂
Nice! Song of the Earth makes making its way to us.
The song of the earth is getting angrier every day.
Lovely imagery, Jane. The last stanza was is perfection!
Thank you, Michelle 🙂 I’m pleased you like it.
I’m catching up a bit. 🙂
I read this one over a few times–so simple, but so vivid. I can imagine staring at the water, and then like others have said–those last lines.
I’m glad you like this 🙂
Of course, I do. 🙂
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