Multnomah Falls, Oregon — 620’ tall
this relentless river
tumbles patiently
in crystal clarity
over boulders and stones
with time and current
it has cut deeply
this great rock of the earth
sculpting this magnificent falls
breathtaking
captivating
towering
powerful
inspiring
beautiful
majestic
rob kistner © 2019
“Waterfall, nothing can harm me at all, my worries seem so very small, with my waterfall. Waterfall, don’t ever change your ways, fall with me for a million days, oh my waterfall.” — jimi hendrix
I like the patient tumbling. Beautiful photo.
Great patience = great tenacity = great miracles Frank! 🙂
Uh-huh–that falls is breathtaking beyond photography, but not beyond poetry. I like it that you use lists. I do that a lot myself. Your list mimics the falls itself; uber cool.
You were right on Glenn. Only poetry does justice to that amazing treasure of a falls and I did mimic the fall of water with my form leaving the word majestic separate to highlight it, and have it represent the final bottom pool!
Gorgeous photo. I like the way your poem mimics the falls.
Thank you! You caught that did you— very damned cool! 🙂
Indeed! A captivating, majestic scene. 🙂
Yes indeed it is jennifer, yes indeed!
surreally beautiful! all red leaves wow. Standing on that bridge must be a real rush.
It is transcendent Lisao
! You can see, feel, and smell the Ozone — getting slightly but wonderfully damp…
I have been there and it is truly a majestic sight to see! Well done Rob.
Thank you Dwight. And yes, it is overwhelmingly beautiful!
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I love the Earth being described as a great rock.. which of course it is.
It is a great rock spaceship earth! That patient river scared it beautifully with a magnificent waterfall!
A beautiful photo that so well enhances your lovely poem.
Thank you Misky! 🙂
Oh yes, I love the Hendrix lyric to go with your shape poem. What is it about a stream of water falling off a cliff that draws us in? It shows us the beauty and acquiescence and even purpose in our own falling through life, I suppose. Wonderful.
Interesting perspective Amaya, and I think you might be right on. Our human bodies are always in flow internally, which I also thinks puts us in sync with rivers and waterfalls — as well as being comprised mostly of water. Any body or flow of water holds a natural sttraction.
I love the rush of water… it’s truly majestic and can capture me for hours.
Yes Björn, it’s a relentless power that stirs one’s sense of awe.
I like the shape of your poem it cascades like the waterfall in the photo. That is a beautiful place, I’d love to dance across that bridge.
It is exhilarating True, to be on that beautiful walking bridge when the falls is at full flow, during the Mt. Hood Spring melt. The rush of the water, and the ozone generated by the airborne mist, carries your spirit away.