Water

Poem 161 – After the Rain

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Water…
    Unruly
        Miscreant
            Trespasser
        Trickles
    Oozes
Seeps
    Bursts
        Untamable
            Circumvents
        Boggy
    Puddles
Stream
    Pervasive
        Persistent
            Chaotic
        Downwards
    Gurgling
Sweeps

A Sunday afternoon stroll around the New River, Top Field and Baas Hill Common. Although the sky was blue and the sun was out, the waterlogged paths definitely required boots.
(15.01.23)

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Poem 41 – Water, Water…

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The cliché
It’s only when its gone you that you value what you had is no
Fabrication
One day the taps were running full flow, the next just
Expectation
A dribble, a seepage, anticlimax, there’s so much
Frustration
A quick flush requires an hour to refill needing
Coordination
Definitely a mystery worthy of Hercule Poirot’s
Investigation
But I doubt even he could solve it, so I’ve summoned a
Plumber

Waiting for the visit of a local plumber after an air bubble (I hope!) has caused an airlock in the system…
(22.11.21)

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