Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Everywhere but not a Drop to Drink

                                                                          Author Markus Koljonen (Dilaudid)
Image: The Manneken Pis in Brussels (here)

Note: Not in my elements but one of the elements

Water, water, everywhere
The aftermath of the tsunami
Sadly not a drop to drink
Gnawing on man’s ability
To survive on the brink

Manneken Pis was able though
To target a flow without a miss
He has now female company
In the form of Jenneke Pis
Of the watering hole jargon
Bloody Mary , Whiskey American
Sealed lifelong friendships
At the Long Bar with every long sips

Of Titanic, touted indestructibly
A wayward iceberg was all
That wrought the unthinkable
Long thought to be a casualty
Of the notorious Bermuda Triangle
All the drama spawned a movie
That caught the imagination of all

Arguments may ignite
Between the optimist
And the pessimist
That glass is half full
Nay, it is half empty
Whatever caught the two fools
Both are correct eventually

Oceans occupy three-fourths
Of Mother Earth’s surface
So also Man’s body fluids
But there is no denying
We can still go without food
But without water we are dead!

Gospel's at d'Verse's Poetics - in my elements

5 comments:

  1. A waterspout of a poem touching down here, then there but over and over again demonstrating the awe-inspiring and life-sustaining force of water.

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  2. Loved the analogy of the optimist and the pessimist. Great write.

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  3. Water is so important - we can't survive without it.

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  4. I had to go look up Jenneke Pis and see it is a real statue. Very interesting poem all the way around.

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  5. Oh yes......the importance of water! To me, and to many who suffer without clean water, it is a sacred element.
    When I think of whether the glass is half full or half empty, I'm just glad I have the wherewithall to fill it! :)

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