Spring & Branch & Creek
Below the high divide water issuing
from vertical rock gathers itself &
becomes a branch … darting here
& there … lingering in ornate asides
as eddies that spiral one way coming
& the other going in defiance of the
Corialis … shining in sunlight &
darkening in rain … moving on …
gravity flowing … seeking confluence
at a prong or a fork & becoming a
creek … pursuing its own syntax
to the ocean despite enjambments
encountered along the way.
George Ellison
