Monday, October 27, 2014

Water – English – Science – v3

From before our beginnings
water, earth, the breath of God
clay in our mother’s womb
life-giving waters, smooth, steam
waters of life, of death, storms
moving, never still, changing,
waters sometimes killing, silent,
contamination, the hand of man, chemicals
hidden dangers, crescendo, hiding in plain sight,
in ice or snow, falling, moving, falling down,
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
percolating through layers, through soil,
raging down from the mountains
racing down the rivers, to the sea, to the ocean
frozen, melting from the ice caps
etching ancient stone smooth
flowing to the sea, the to ocean
held within its boundaries, captive, enslaved,
warm waters touching the hot sand, the shoreline
giant waves eroding the beach where we stand
moving, ever moving, tidal, primordial, tactile,
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, the origins of life
from the waters, from before we were born


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edited October 27, 2014
Water – English – Science – v3

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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