the creek today
is no place for visions–
it is water choking on stone
and algae. Too shallow
for currents to move
the first dark leaves
dotting the surface
like hollowed cicada skins
split down the middle
& empty
the small fish are gone
or dead, starved for oxygen
under the cover of green.
anything could happen
or not happen beneath thickness
that brings to mind frogs, turtles;
amphibious and reptilian things half rising
out of water that stinks of mud
and leaf mold
when you are hunting visions
you need clear water
for scrying
Susan Daniels Poetry 
This build and builds and then the last stanza, clairvoyant!
🙂 thanks much!
I like the need for clearer ways to see into the future
Thanks, Bruce. No idea what happened to my centering place–fine one day–the next covered in a dense, thick bloom.
Wow … your words flow too deep !!!
thanks much, GS!
really really good Susan
thanking you much!
i know exactly where this one comes from. the creek i have nearby is the same way as i went down there last weekend to try and take pics. the pics weren’t there to be had. superb ending on this one. we love to scry:)
thanks, Don. Yes, hard to look into water, when all one sees is algae…
The creek is transforming and so are the visions 🙂
Yes–overnight. We do not normally get algae blooms–something new to see.
So much rests unseen, unheeded beneath the turbid waters and beyond the clouded skies. Writing is such an effort to uncover things, isn’t it? And to express what we find. Or what presents itself to us.
Yes, George–you have put this perfectly.
If only water flowed with consistency, from sky, down streams. With some irony, consistency and predictability are useful tools at times, but I rather like standing in the opposite place, depending on circumstance and level of impishness.
Nelle–you are much, much deeper and clearer than the water I described here last night 😉 Point taken!
Do you think we need that we do need clear visions for scrying? I imagine this is a very personal thing, but I have found that sometimes the strongest visions emerge from the clouds.
Whoops! I threw a few too many “we need/ do we needs” in there. 🙂
LOL, worked just fine for me.
hmmm–good question. The algae bloom did produce this, so I might have to agree with you!