Water is to remain
in the lines
of Basho:
Old pond / frogs jumped in / sound of water
while we all will be
choked
and wood hard;
this planet
won’t even cough out a drop
while water will flow
in the pages of poets
though there would be none
to read Emily: Water is taught by thirst-
Now……
I can see the invisible marchers
with flags of yellow sand
blowing in fiery wind
slowly and surely
coming upon us-
Posted for my prompt Water @ Poets United Midweek Motif
sumanar/lekha 
Intriguing 🙂
Indeed.. the water wars will be upon us if we don’t protect our environment..the poem is beautiful with the Basho reference.
this poem promotes much thought… well done
The image in my mind of those marchers, the blowing sand……..powerful words, Sumana.
Prophetic.
Thought provoking
And so that is how myth is created! Water, someday, may be just such a memory in the mouths of poets living and dead–mostly dead. Thirst, invisible marchers, yellow flags.
I love your reference to my mentor, Basho. It is sad to think of water turning into sand. I listened to a missionary from Kenya yesterday telling of speaking to the Kenyan women in her group that they needed to drink six glasses of water a day and how they all looked at her, blankly. Clean drinking water is an issue with some tribes in Kenya. I wonder what the missionary was thinking…
Prophetic Sumana. Water will drown this earth – but we will be unable to drink.
Anna :o]
kaykuala
this planet
won’t even cough out a drop
while water will flow
in the pages of poets
It sounds so tragic Sumana!
It may even be a reality in the near future if we are not careful!
Hank
Oh how I agree. We are so dumb and greedy that we can’t see ourselves to blame for the planets demise and don’t love our children enough to put it right.
Water conservation is imperative. It will not happen unless communites are educated and cooperate in conservation. If we continue to squander our resources your poem will be true.
No water no life. We humans have drained much of the water of this planet, its time to conserve it now and teach everyone to do the same.
excellent …loved this!
A beautiful and thoughtful poem.
Luv the intrusion of Basho and Emily. Very clever . Thanks for dropping by to read mine Sumana
Much love…
I do hope that it’s not true that water will remain in this world only in snatches of poetry!
What Petru said! Beautifully written!
The warning in your poem needs to be adhered to, ’cause it could turn out to be real if we waste water like we do now. Very powerfully worded !