You are the source of life for our people.
We gather here as one people, purify, make offerings… burn our dead
send little lights on ripples hoping they will magnify into blessings
waves with no answers return
brown filth flows to our shore
from which our children drink deep
this is the life of the river…
thanks to G-Man the host of the weekly 55 Friday Flash Fiction
photo attribution: http://www.allmyanmar.com/Irrawaddy.htm
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Gud skaper noko nytt ved sitt Ord og sin Ande, vi kan ta imot det i tru og få oppleve at han gjer sitt verk med oss. Hans skaparkraft verkar konstuktivt i våre liv og skaper noko som er verdifullt for oss. Naturkreftene verkar nedebrytande, i fylgje entropilova, men Gud er Ånd og det som er født av hans Ande består. Jesu frelsesverk er fullbrakt og fullkome. Han er den siste Adam, som er ifrå himmelen og som for oss har vorte ei livgjevande ånd. Han gjev oss den Heilage Ande frå himmelen av berre nåde. Han gjev oss det evige livet.
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Hi, Leslie. I don’t get over here as often as I would like, but when I do, you always seem to have something very thought provoking. This one is no exception; it continues to weave its magic even as we leave the page. Well done.
-Jimmy
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The River of Life!
Great Job as always MDW.
Loved your 55
Thanks for playing, and for your welcomed support.
And please have a Kick Ass Week-End
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The filth. Makes me cringe.
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From which our children drink deep.
Wow. Powerful 55
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Powerful and thought-provoking. I love this.
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love the idea of little lights out on the water- and even burning or just sending the dead out for burial. thanks.
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Yes, it is, filth and all. Thanks for sharing this.
My FFF is here:
http://everydayamazin.blogspot.com/2011/09/shores.html
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Excellent response to the visual prompt…strong verbal imagery.
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This piece was cogent, wer-lwlitten, and pithy.
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You truly nailed it…
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Powerful 55.
Watched Al Gore last night. It’s going to get a whole lot worse, and the powers that be just keep on denying global warming and climate change.
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I like to party, not look arctelis up online. You made it happen.
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“brown filth flows to our shore
from which our children drink deep”
Damn, this hits hard.
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Oh, how powerful this is. Even knowing what you say is true about the river, its draw is so universal that even I feel a pulling there. If ever I am fortunate enough to visit India I will stand near there (will not touch the water) and will recall your poem-55.
Might I add that I love the “texture” of your blog. It is the best design I have seen at WordPress. Just beautiful.
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very powerful, indeed! an inexcusable situation in this day and age, especially when there are filtered “straws” which are very inexpensive and make river water safe for drinking as it is sucked through the filtered “straw.” clean water world-wide is my passion. thank you for highlighting the issue in your poem which reminds us how many uses the water has.
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Having ‘lived’ on the Ohio River several years (scow), I can identify with some of this…but it would take me more than 55 words to describe doing laundry, making coffee, washing dishes and bathing in that river. Yes, it IS a way of life.
Glad to ‘see’ you now and then, Moondustwriter!
PEACE!
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SIGH!
This one touched me deep within.. indeed, life of a woman and river is so similar- can’t help saying so!!
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