Flood (poem)

By Frances Macaulay Forde

Tue, 04 Jan 2011
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Like the Fitzroy River
threatening to change lives
love breaks heart banks.

In a rush, it arrives
obstacles float on the tide
devouring resistance.

Useless to turn away but
like nine pins fall prey
to the relentless flow.

In the sudden silence
after the flood recedes
find solid ground to stand

among the sodden slush
marked by tidal scars
dreams lie with branches.

Certificate U
Written in Australia
Drama

Comments

Submitted by lenchenelf on
Hi Frances, sorry to hear the weather goes hard with you, evocative poem, best wishes , lena xx

 

Submitted by Frances Macaula... on
Happy (Creative) New Year Lena, Thanks for the comment - I actually live in Western Australia (we're in the middle of a heat-wave and no rain...) thousands of miles from the terrible floods in Queensland. Couldn't help but see the metaphor of falling in love!

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Submitted by lenchenelf on
..ah, that's because you are a poet, and it works well :-) xx

 

Submitted by Frances Macaula... on
Thanks, lenchenelf :o))

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