River Path

By L G Meadows

Mon, 30 May 2011
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Who can say where the river flows
What keeps it out or keeps it in
I think it goes where it wants to go
Irregardless of the plans of men

Who can say where the river ends
Where the horizon meets the sky
Or, is it just around the bend

 That it finally says goodbye.

 

Who plots the path, the highs and lows
Of the watery, meandering fence
Showing us where it comes and goes
And has been every since.

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Comments

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on
Hi L G Meadows, Very nice poem. Jenny.

 

Submitted by L G Meadows on
Thanks for reading it, really appreciate it when people do and make comments!

 

Submitted by Mangone on
I liked this poem it seemed to flow gently like a relaxed river should :O) I wondered if you were married to the last line of the middle stanza... Who can say where the river ends Where the horizon meets the sky Or, is it just around the bend That it finally says goodbye.

Submitted by L G Meadows on
Hi, Nope, not married to that line, nothing in my poetry is 'etched in stone'. Liked your idea, am trying it out! Thanks for that, and thanks for reading it.

 

Submitted by Mangone on
I think it is a bit better LG... but I'm wondering if the 'Who' and the 'Where' might be complemented by 'When'. Would that work - 'When it finally says goodbye'?

Submitted by L G Meadows on
Should have caught that myself. Thanks again!