life, unquenched – a summer story

Monday, 5 July 2010

everyone came to see the works,
searching left and right out over
panorama, beyond here and now
watching for sky-bent flame and thunder.

i craned my neck and lens around
a shadow-man in front;
i found unquenched fire on water,
“you could swim in such fire,” i thought, “breathless.”

but i’d not have held my breath
for water-light, or left my summer tired
for melancholic riffled waves
silent blurry flames on sea.

“i want to live,” i’d said, and i did -
it was the water-flame that taught me
the life i seek when leaving home
is not always the work i think i’ll find.

♥

Shared in response to L.L. Barkat’s “Random Acts of Poetry” prompt: “a tablespoon of summer.”

'life, unquenched – a summer story' posted on July 5th, 2010 at 5:01 pm.
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6 Responses to “life, unquenched – a summer story”

  1. laura writes:
    No. 1 — July 5th, 2010 at 8:10 pm

    I love this story, Kelly. And the one you write every day by living your life. And your Independence Day photos? Awesome!!
    laura´s last [type] ..The Day After the Fourth of July

  2. Ann Voskamp writes:
    No. 2 — July 5th, 2010 at 10:20 pm

    You write in ways that leave me unquenched.
    Thirsty for more.

    Thank you….
    All’s grace,
    Ann
    Ann Voskamp´s last [type] ..when you cant seem to find the real you

  3. sarah writes:
    No. 3 — July 6th, 2010 at 3:28 am

    ooh, lovely!!

  4. L.L. Barkat writes:
    No. 4 — July 7th, 2010 at 9:44 pm

    “You could swim in such fire.”

    Really liked that. And the photo. Oh, that too. A lot.
    L.L. Barkat´s last [type] ..Driving to Words

  5. Catching Summer in Words writes:
    No. 5 — July 9th, 2010 at 3:50 pm

    [...] Summer Camp Highlights Nancy’s Just a Spoonful Marilee’s A Heart that Lives on Art Kelly’s Life Unquenched Kath’s A poem about summer Glynn’s The Stone of Summer Monica’s Last Fall’s Leaves [...]

  6. nance nAncY writes:
    No. 6 — July 9th, 2010 at 8:20 pm

    that is what i like
    what you didn’t think you would find
    nance nAncY´s last [type] ..one sunny day

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