POET OF THE WEEK
Steven Heller
Week of October 23
Back to your body of water collection
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Be Like Water
Bruce Lee says:
Be Like water.
I am Water
Water discharged
from the pain ducts
of war and suffering.
Don’t sleep long
or drown in the cupped faucets
of tear drenched lids.
Wake up Now!
My two eyes:
Twin rain barrels
Focused on Watering:
The Cherished.
Be Like Water
Bruce Lee says:
Be Like water.
I am Water
Water discharged
from the pain ducts
of war and suffering.
Don’t sleep long
or drown in the cupped faucets
of tear drenched lids.
Wake up Now!
My two eyes:
Twin rain barrels
Focused on Watering:
The Cherished.
Steven Heller 69, Seattle
FIRST POEM I was 16. It was inspired by the transient nature of physical reality—a wave erasing a footprint in the sand.
WRITING LIKE WATER Clean and from the Source.
TAP WATER USE Lots. From cleaning dishes, to washing hands, to drinking, to bathing my (then) newborn in the sink.
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Amharic | birth | blessing | Chinese | drought and thirst | family | home | if water could speak | Indigenous | justice | like water | local waters | love and loss | Lushootseed | memory | Northgate | oceans and seas | Punjabi | rain | rivers and lakes | Russian | Spanish | sweat and tears | swim | Tlingit | toilets and taps | transit | Vietnamese | we are water | wildlife | Youth
