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The poetic City: “While Sitting beside Bayou Saint John”

Oct 28, 2019 • Creative Writing

Bayou St. John where boats and musings often gather (Photo: Bart Everson, Wiki Commons)

While Sitting beside Bayou Saint John

A conjunction of events creates a scene…
A scene of surpassing beauty

light, water,
shadow, branch,
root, leaf,
rock, soil

Configured by chance
Composed of struggle

Bound by gravity

And of no consequence

Until caught by the eye

Made meaningful by the mind

And, celebrated by the soul

——

Reece Burka

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