Every stone bears the memory of water
within its mineral bones
time stamped with the fluid trace
of a flickering-blind magnetic north.
Memory of Water
reflection: spare crop / fleet mind
reflection: spare crop / fleet mind
Every stone bears the memory of water
within its mineral bones
time stamped with the fluid trace
of a flickering-blind magnetic north.
Bonnie McClellan-Broussard 
the phrase “with a flickering-blind magnetic north” is perfect: the rhythm of it, the closed and open vowels, the meaning frankly couched within the words without being too obvious.
very well said.
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On Fri, Oct 8, 2021, 11:14 Bonnie McClellan-Broussard wrote:
> bonniemcclellan posted: ” Every stone bears the memory of water within its > mineral bones time stamped with the fluid trace of a flickering-blind > magnetic north. ” >
ooops….”of a flickering-blind…” not “with a flickering-blind….”
That’s lovely Bonnie. And it sent me leafing through your blog reading and rereading earlier poems. I hope you are well and prospering (we are okay here in Britain). All the best, John
Hi John, thanks for taking the time to read and browse through the blog. We’re doing well here, very busy and the Autumn weather is splendidly bright and cool. I’m overwhelmed with copy editing work at the moment but when I remember to look around what’s there truly repays close attention. So glad to hear that you’re doing well!
You can take the stone out of the water, but you can’t take the water out of the stone:) So good to see a new poem from you, Bonnie. And pleased you are keeping busy and well.