From before our
beginnings
clay in our mother’s
womb
life-giving waters,
smooth, steam
waters of life, of
death, storms
waters sometimes
killing, silent,
contamination, the
hand of man, chemicals
hidden dangers,
crescendo, hiding in plain sight,
in ice or snow,
falling,
pouring cold from the
heavens
pure, yet holding the
minerals, the sun,
light, dripping in a
soft summer shower
life in giving
waters, open, ready
raging down from the
mountains
racing down the
rivers, to the sea,
frozen, melting from
the ice caps
etching ancient stone
smooth
flowing to the sea,
the to ocean
held within its
boundaries
warm waters touching
the hot sand, the shoreline
giant waves eroding
the beach where we stand
smoothing my feet, my
spirit, tiny grains of former stone
feeding my soul,
silent, eternal waters
the tides
controlling, water sliding back and forth
a small drop, a
basin, gathered together
frozen hard in
winter, until spring breaks that grip
the cycle beginning,
returning, eternal,
from before we were
born
edited January 10, 2014
Water – English – Science – v2
January 8, 2014
Water – English – Science
(written, as a challenge to myself, about the next unit in 8th
grade science,
about water)
written as part of three additional classes with my English class
-
the first session we brainstormed words on a topic of our choice
(1/2/2014)
-
the second class we handwrote a poem using these words (1/8/2014)
-
the third class (1/10/2014)
&
edited January 5,
2014
under the sky –
v2
December 19, 2013
under the sky
written as part
of the third of three classes
at Katahdin
Middle High School
where the
assignment was our best Christmas present ever
about Ruth and my
wedding in 2004
&
Edited December
14, 2013
Snow on the
Mountain – 2 – v2
December 13, 2013
Snow on the
Mountain - 2
(as Lisa
Timberlake copied it from the board)
presentation:
Snow on the
Mountain
Nouns, Verbs and
Adjectives exercise
with 8th
Grade students
at Katahdin
Middle High School
December 13, 2013
Nouns: water, ice, stone, wave, crescendo, sun, tides, boundary,
ocean, drop, river, storm, life, light, womb, snow, steam, death, contamination
Verbs: drip, pour, etch, race, rage, slide, erode, touch, smooth,
melt, giving, kill, feeding
Adjectives: cold, fresh, frozen, ancient, small, giant, soft,
hard, warm, smooth, life-giving, silent
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