Chutes of Spring

By Di_Hard

Wed, 14 Feb 2018
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Freshet

 

chill blue ceiling

full clouds uncoil

loosedrops cold

spool, pool till

slow supple surface

slope-called, slips

dimples ripple, demure

murmur curdles, dark

electric exodus

channel chutes, arching

rush chasmed. Crystal

chorus splash Crescendo!

 

swift susurrus spray

sink, slink away, sea seeking

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Submitted by Parson Thru on

The rain cycle / precipitation cycle, or whatever it was they tried to teach us, in a poem full of images and chill watery alliteration. I love the minimalism of this. Really nicely done Di_Hard.

Parson Thru

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Thankyou Parson. Read Gerard Manley Hopkins Spring last night and he always makes me think of the sounds of things, just wish I could get the aliveness of his poems though

 

Submitted by Parson Thru on

Aaaaah. I haven't read him, but I've read about him. You've just reminded me to take a look. If you like descriptive poetry with a natural or landscape theme, have a look at William Carlos Williams. Plath has her moments, too, in "The Colossus".

Parson Thru

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Hopkins is my lodestone :0) I will look up William Carlos Williams and that Sylvia Plath poem, thankyou SO MUCH for the recommendation.

 

Submitted by Parson Thru on

"The Colossus" is a collection, but it has a lot to choose from. "Mussel Hunter at Rock Harbour" and "Moonrise" among them. I prefer it to "Ariel".

Parson Thru

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Have found Mussel Hunter, that is wonderful! thankyou for suggesting it

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

I so liked your pun on the Inspiration Point!!  And I had to look up 'Freshet', which I must try to remember! Especially liked the last line, and the wealth of alliteration.

I was a bit puzzled by 'murmer curdles'  ('murmur'?) and doesn't sussurrus have two 'r's, and is 'Chrystal' the same as 'crystal'? Not trying to pick typos, but just to see if I'm on the right lines! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Thankyou Rhiannon :0) And THANKYOU  for pointing out spelling mistakes, have corrected them. Curdles was because the sound got thicker, deeper and joined together? Like milk clotting to make cheese? But maybe is the wrong word. It's so helpful to get your feedback

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Yes, that's an interesting idea. It was the word the two words together I was puzzled about, wondering if it wasn't murmur you meant. But now I like following the thought! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

I'm impressed you could find any meaning in it at all with all the spelling mistakes! Thankyou again for helping with them

 

Submitted by Stephen Thom on

Nicely done. Something different. Alliteration and sound and feeling. Like the word combinations - murmur curdles / rush chasmed / susurrus spray. Like this willingness to play with and create new images and ways of presenting words, it's brave and what sets a lot of poetry apart for me. Good work

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Thankyou for commenting Stephen. I will have to quote you if anyone saw me standing next to an overflowing ditch for ages, just listening. I'm not sure brave is the right word for that