Long Poems About Rivers

up at four a m        
to get a drink      
of water      
nestled in the stillness      
of this dark      
quiet night      
i look outside        
my window      
startled by the sight      
as regimented      
clouds of white      
passing by above      
bottom lit      
from lights below      
left on all night long      
across this islands      
semi illumined grid      
of faceless        
sleeping masses      
creating this dramatic show
of nocturnal skies         ...

Nature made convenient sluice,
when pool water did wend
  down the gentle slope
    describing gargantuan wetsuit vend

er steadily chugging, chiseling,
    and channeling straight away
    blindly coursing upend
ding (mankind imposed)

property boundaries demarcations tend
with futile diligence,
    asper the whimsical barenaked lady's
    propensities, viz mother nature
    made short shrift send
ding hours of surveyor labor down
into the behavioral sink also rend

ding inhabitants within...

take me to the river                          
where i can draw breath                          
enter its cool, calm waters                          
my soul fully undressed                          
                         
gone are the trappings                          
the thorns of this Earth                          
that pierce my wayward flesh                          
                         
washed in the blood                          
let from above                          
i sit on the river bank & cry    ...