Original DDE™ surrealistic art: “Clackamas River, Oregon” by: rob kistner © 11/23/23
Standing at water’s edge
gazing upstream
I marvel at the beauty
of this pristine stream
it rambles
in rippling white water
in crystal clarity
ever onward
gently
past these emerald climbs
that coddle it
keeping it safe
nudging it tirelessly
toward home
the timeless sea
I hear the lullaby
of this valley
a lilting song
of the peace
of the serenity
nestled soft
in its earthen embrace
captivated
I lift my head
listening
the breeze murmurs
whispering in the boughs
of the patient sentinels
ever watching at its banks
persistent in their vigil
just then
a zephyr wafts downstream
brushes my face
tosses my hair
and dances past me
round the bend
a hushed gasp
escapes my lips
like a prayer
I’m breathless
‘midst this beauty
my spirit
enthralled
*
rob kistner © 2023
Happy Thanksgiving
Poetry at: dVerse
This poem feels like a warm, summery breeze in these dark winter evenings. Thank you!
You are welcome Freya… 🙂
I love the way you approach nature, and I can really feel how you miss it…
Thank you Björn. It cuts so deeply into my spirit that I can no longer immerse myself physically deep into the heart of nature’s wilderness — but I can still go there in my mind, and I do so regularly.
Beautiful, Rob, and you picked a perfect song to go with it. I truly love that song <3
Thank you Lisa… 🙂 …one of my favorite L&M songs as well. Also dig Dylan’s “Watching Th River Flow”. This Leon Russell version that I have posted here is always blowing my mind. Great blues feel.
Indeed wonderful to behold and feel such a sight, and your poem made me feel like if I closed my eyes, I could be there.
So glad you came along on my memory trip Oloriel… 🙂
How serene and beautiful this is!
Thank you Grace… 🙂
I love this especially; “I hear the lullaby of this valley/a lilting song of the peace/of the serenity/nestled soft/in its earthen embrace.” You have such a way with words, Rob! 😀
Thank you Sanaa… 🙂 …been writing lyrics first, and then poems since I was 16. I have such a cache created, I can just dive back into the decades and revise for new compositions. Makes writer’s block easier to combat… 🙂
Oh wow… a zephyr wafting downstream, dancing past and around the bend. I love this poem. 🙂
Thank you Di… 🙂
“gently
past these emerald climbs
that coddle it
keeping it safe
nudging it tirelessly
toward home”
Really love these lines. Happy Thanksgiving, Rob.??????????
Thank you Melissa, happy thanksgiving to you as well… 🙂
Your love of nature comes through, Rob!
It’s in twines with my soul, Merril! 🙂
Watch the River Flow!!!! It’s one of Dylan’s songs I’d never heard. Sitting here grooving to the jazz, I need more much more of his jazz. Great poem, by the way … now back to the music!
Thank you Helen dig the tunes and hope you had a happy Thanksgiving! 🙂
Lovely, your poem flows like the stream you enshrined in it.
Awesome poem, Rob!
Thank you Jan… 🙂
The form of this poem helps the reader follow along with this lovely stream, so the visual matches the verse.
I am pleased the form worked for you Xan… 🙂
Even when we can’t immerse ourselves the way we used to, memory is a wonderful thing Rob… great poem!
Thank you Andrew… 🙂