Weeping Willow, Weary Traveler, Waterfall

By a102866

Fri, 06 Feb 2015
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The White Willow hovers
at the junction where
creek forks intersect
body and limbs both
a crooked marker
and bleak memorial
to the weary traveler
gnarled bough; serpent's bow
and serpentining post
limbs, dangling spears
with no compass points
silky tread of slender leaves,
wind-swept waves mirroring
frothy undertow
but a faint warning
etched in the pale bark
with skin flint edge
in gothic letters warns
WATERFALL

Certificate U
Poem
Nature

Comments

Submitted by VeraClark on

Gorgeously ghostly.

 

Submitted by a102866 on

Thanks Vera for stopping by and sharing your interpretation. It is a dark, forboding setting!

Submitted by catherine poarch on

I liked this a lot. The winding of the words as beautifully entangled as the things you described. Some of the words made me think you - or the waterfall - were in America?

 

Submitted by a102866 on

Thanks Catherine for your comments. Yes I am in America. An excellent deduction on your part. Waterfalls have both a wonder and a mystique about them. I chose the latter attribute for this poem. Thanks again for stopping by!