Zambezi - Eager River Poem by Adrian Flett

Zambezi - Eager River

Current lines, moving marks mellow
in insidious water fast and smooth
hasten passed eager to plunge.
Every second over the falls
huge bulks of unhindered water bellow;
but wait agitate at the lip, hesitate
then drop away into vast hollow.
Hastening water whitens waves
made visible now in sun's rays.
A heavy shower of spray
in the updraft billows
as from the falls mist rises
while many islands swirl
river's fast flow
into wide current curls.

02/04/2019