.
Lumbering out of the water at night
by daybreak, they return
widely speculated, but
two worlds
found
–fed on
flow of
river.
Changes in rainfall
concentrate in pools;
the importance of
because
is
intimately linked to the fate
and functioning
of
stars.
.
An erasure poem for NaPoWriMo, day 21.
Source text: “Hippos: The life force of African rivers.” Science Daily, April 14, 2016.
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Wow … great erasure.
Hey, too, congrats on the shout out from Maureen at NaPoWriMo.net today. You deserve it, De.
Thanks so much, Vince. Fun stuff. š
I love hippos!
And because is SO important to everything, I must agree!
I love that when you offer the visual erasure, the eyes can put different words together, out of your intended order. Like this: “they return, speculated, widely two worlds.” And “found flow of fed-on river.” Also, “changes of rainfall pools the importance of is.” Then there’s “functioning of and, intimately linked to the fate-stars.”
Ear-racing stars. š