POET OF THE WEEK
Nephtalie Marie Gonzales
Week of October 30
190/365
Different, but the same
Your water is clean,
and affordable.
It comes from plastic bottles
you only used once.
My water is
dirty, and full of soil,
from a faucet and well
my whole village shared.
But in the end,
water is still water.
Only it is your water,
and this is my water.
Different, but the same
Your water is clean,
and affordable.
It comes from plastic bottles
you only used once.
My water is
dirty, and full of soil,
from a faucet and well
my whole village shared.
But in the end,
water is still water.
Only it is your water,
and this is my water.
Nephtalie Marie Gonzales 13, Seattle
FAVORITE POETRY FORM Free verse and narrative.
EARLY WATER MEMORY Watering the guava tree in my grandfather’s backyard. It was definitely a sacred part of my childhood!
DEAREST BODY OF WATER Longfellow Creek and Lake Washington.
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