Speak to me
with your wisdom eyes
I heard a child
as she stirred the waters deep
colors sparked alive
he awoke from his sleep
*
Talk to me
you laugh so much
I heard the water
as he rippled in delight
their fingers touched
as they danced in the blue-green light
*
“Listen” I said
as we heard the two
speaking fanciful words
the youth and the sage
they listened and grew
🙂
they learned as they played
Poet’s United Verse First each week chooses excellent prompts to stir the words and thoughts of the poet. This week’s prompt: “HE SAID. SHE SAID”
Poet and short story writer Grace Paley said, “It is the responsibility of writers to listen to gossip and pass it on. It is the way all storytellers learn about life.”
Natalie Goldberg expounded on this idea by saying, “We should learn to talk, not with judgment, greed or envy, but with compassion, wonder and amazement.”
Photograph: “Water Child” © L. Moon 2013
penned in moon dust 