Cheetham Salt Lake, Lochiel, South Australia — Photograph and edits by Raine Lore

SEPTEMBER VERSES

Salt Lake Ditty

Kaleidoscope of colours

When Dreaming Time became reality,
The Dreamers wept,
mourning lost immortality
And yet …

With life there came a here, and there,
and glorious space between —
Mountains high, valleys low
colours never seen!

And tho’ the peaceful void was mourned —
the gift of life rejoiced,
First People found themselves reborn
with heart, and mind, and voice.

Joy flowed free from eyes awake —
a salty river stream
that twisted, turned, then formed a lake
kaleidoscope of dreams!

Suntonu Bhadra prompted with thirty intriguing words, one of which was lake:

Let’s Float on September Verses

Carolyn Hastings alerted us to the prompt with a lovely twittle:

Paper Poetry Memo — September Poetry Prompt Alert

Monoreena Acharjee Majumdar used all thirty prompt words in one poem!

September Ways