There And Back Again For Jt Ellison Poem by ivor or ivor.e hogg

The river flows unhurriedly
on its long journey to the sea
Sometimes flows fast and sometimes slow.
It does not matter really though
.
All rivers will eventually
become part of the great salt sea.
From whence they came as clouds and rain
to which they must return again

The sea and Sun co operate.
Evaporate, precipitate
Recycling water constantly.
All rivers flow into the sea.

Where they evaporate and rise
as water vapour to the skies.
The chill will change its state again
from water vapour into rain.

Which falls upon the earth below
to nourish all the plants that grow
Without the rain then there would be
no rivers flowing to the sea.

The world be a desert place
of growing plants no single trace.
A world of grey and brown and dun
Defeated by the burning sun.

Although the rain can be a curse
no rain at all would be much worse.
Accepting philosophically
the rain must fall and frequently.

Though sometimes inconveniently
Without the rain where would be
Extinct I think without a doubt
I much prefer the rain to drought.

Though it may rain on your parade
and spoil the plans which you have made.
You should be thankful for the rain,
you have small reason to complain.

Nature recycles constantly.
water the prime necessity.
If she did not then we would die
Beneath a blue and cloudless sky.

6-Dec-08

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