River dreams



step into my dream
it meanders like a never-ending river

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the river of my youth is a rock
it anchors me to my childhood

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there is a place
where the clouds are mirrored
in flowing water

crocodiles lurk
but do not attack

floating islands invite play

riverbanks merely 
a gateway to secrets below the water

there is a place
where bamboo reeds are growing
reaching to the sky


Copyright © 2015 ninotaziz


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14 comments:

  1. Ninot, how LOVELY to see you posting here. Yay! I adore this poem....there is a place and a river in our best childhood memories, I suspect. I love the sound of yours.

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    1. Lovely to be back Sherry. It's been 100 days since my last poem!

      So glad when I dropped by PU, the prompt was river. Images flooded my mind.

      You brought me back!

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  2. You have conveyed so beautifully the lazy and calm flow of the river!

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    1. Thank you Carol. Our rivers here in Malaysia can be lazy and calm. Then the monsoon comes and they are treacherous.

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  3. What lovely images! I really like thinking about the bamboo reeds reaching to the sky. Ninot, following Sherry's lead, I am happy to see you here as well!

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  4. Hi Mary! Thank you. I was missing from PU, dversepoets and magpietales. Work was really hectic.

    So good to be back and I hope I have the time to dedicate to my poetry blogosphre friends!

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  5. Thanks for the invite to "step into my dream"--the flow of images and the river as dream and reality. Powerful poem.

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  6. Beautiful river dreams, they make my head start swimming ...

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    1. Let's swim together Rosemary, so good to see you here again.

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  7. When a dream is formed form the very best possibilities of reality it is magic - which really flows and shines here..

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    1. Thank you Jae Rose for connecting dream to magic.

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