Dive, or: Drown

Poetry Partners #30

‘Dive’, a poem by Martha Anewa of ‘a young writer’s mind’

Time to dive into the words you spoke to me,
The day you told me you loved me and I thought it was a lie,
How little of love I knew back then,
Now I'm drowning in the fountain of love.

Martha Anewa: https://ayoungwritersmindblog.wordpress.com/

A shadorma by ben Alexander of ‘The Skeptic’s Kaddish’

can't swim? good.
foolish immortal ~
you -can't- drown!
come now... stop
thrashing about already!
... you don't need to breathe.

Let’s write poetry together!

When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
–Ben Harper (b. 1969)

Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!

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23 thoughts on “Dive, or: Drown”

Both are very clever. I like how you steer clear of the original. 🙂

ben Alexander January 7, 202213:10 Reply

💕 Terveen 💕

What a fantastic response to a lovely verse!😊

ben Alexander January 6, 202215:08 Reply

💖🤎 Punam 🤎💖

A beautiful tango in poetry once more

One of my biggest fears is to loose the ability to hold my breath under water

Be bouyant, float, you will get their too.

Write?

ben Alexander January 5, 202213:06 Reply

Write❣️
1. abvr January 5, 202213:16 Reply
  
  Should be there…🙂
  
  Was your internet down for a minute or two earlier?
  1. ben Alexander January 5, 202213:17 Reply
    
    I was out to lunch with a friend, why?
    1. abvr January 5, 202213:30
      
      Ok, no mine was down completely. My first post where I first asked you also never went through.
      Must be faults at the towers.
    2. ben Alexander January 5, 202213:31
      
      oh – was there something you wanted to ask that I didn’t respond to?
    3. abvr January 5, 202213:39
      
      no no, my original comment never went through. The internet was down i noticed, and i wanted to know if you experiencing the same problem.