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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

All That Is Hidden

Dowsing sketch from www.skepdic.com

As water witch,
my muse holds out the wand
and wanders through my subconscious,
looking for all that is hidden.
When she taps into the Source,
she brings me back
a message.

A dream has died,
been set aside.
There is none other
to replace it.

Witch, what are you trying
to tell me?

Dowsing is described at paranormal.about.com as the art of finding water, hidden treasure or even missing people or objects. Kim's prompt at Verse First is: Water Table, which made me picture dowsing. Kim asks us to tap the water table and see what springs forth-in thirteen lines. 
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29 comments:

  1. Laurie KolpJuly 17, 2013 at 6:13 AM

    I love the idea of your muse as a water witch, Sherry.

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  2. MaryJuly 17, 2013 at 6:36 AM

    Sometimes the answer the water witch brings is simply to WAIT, and another 'spring' will appear!

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  3. Vandana SharmaJuly 17, 2013 at 7:23 AM

    oops!! one should be careful

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  4. Marcoantonio Arellano (Nene)July 17, 2013 at 7:42 AM

    Like Mary's comment. I echo!

    Have a good day, mi amiga

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  5. SusanJuly 17, 2013 at 7:59 AM

    Distressing! Send her back to look again , to look everywhere! Powerful poem about incompleteness!

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  6. UnknownJuly 17, 2013 at 8:03 AM

    A dream has died... none other to replace it... What IS that witch saying?!

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  7. UnknownJuly 17, 2013 at 8:09 AM

    Perhaps with a dream that died there is now space for a new dream to be born!

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  8. dsnake1July 17, 2013 at 8:57 AM

    interesting thought. sometimes looking for the right word for a poem is like dowsing for water in an arid land. :)

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  9. Lisa A. WilliamsJuly 17, 2013 at 9:12 AM

    Really enjoyed this and I agree with Robyn, a dream that died leaves room for a new one.

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  10. Maude LynnJuly 17, 2013 at 10:01 AM

    Very cool! I've always been fascinated by witching water.

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  11. annell4July 17, 2013 at 10:03 AM

    A piece full of wonder! Thank you Sherry!

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  12. AnonymousJuly 17, 2013 at 10:43 AM

    Enjoyable read, Miss Sherry. Maybe she is saying there is more to life than what is seen!

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  13. alan1704July 17, 2013 at 10:49 AM

    When you close a window sometimes a door opens. There is always an answer somewhere. Very thought provoking.

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  14. DulceJuly 17, 2013 at 12:58 PM

    hmmm mysterious and kinda fidgety

    Love it
    Thanks for sharing

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  15. Kay L. DaviesJuly 17, 2013 at 2:55 PM

    Our well "on the mountain" was found by a dowser. Unfortunately, it was at the bottom of our 6 acre lot, and the house was halfway up the steep hill. If we kids needed water, and the ancestors weren't around with a vehicle, we would take a 1-gallon A&W jug down the switch-back path to the well.
    K

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  16. Myrna R.July 17, 2013 at 3:34 PM

    Everything's about death and rebirth, even our dreams. So it may seem like they've all died, but new ones will be born. You'll see.

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  17. GraceJuly 17, 2013 at 4:15 PM

    Interesting belief ~ But I would go and find another one (or place) ~

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  18. AnonymousJuly 17, 2013 at 5:28 PM

    Really like the idea of muse as dowser, searching for that well of inspiration there in the darkness. Wonderful metaphor, Sherry,

    Elizabeth
    http://soulsmusic.wordpress.com/2013/07/17/grasshopper-dreams-ii/

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  19. EllaJuly 17, 2013 at 5:55 PM

    I love this one and the question and wonder~
    I think you need to close your eyes and see where you are guided-perhaps you are needed in this place in time for a reason you do not know yet~
    Hang in there!

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  20. humbirdJuly 17, 2013 at 6:28 PM

    It seems,Sherry, that your dream alive - you live your dream, so it is no more a dream,how wonderful is that! Cheers :)

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  21. TCPCJuly 17, 2013 at 11:36 PM

    Ah !wonder!! but well the muse fed you, nervertheless:) Long time! :)

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  22. Liz Rice-SosneJuly 18, 2013 at 7:10 AM

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  23. Liz Rice-SosneJuly 18, 2013 at 7:12 AM

    Did a bit of editing above. Hey! I was first introduced to dowsing and it was NOT considered anything but a natural manner in which to look for water in VT as a child when the family was to dig a well. I remember the huge well digger too. Must have been about 7-8.

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  24. AnonymousJuly 18, 2013 at 10:01 AM

    Dowsers, among my favorite in the natural world of wonders.

    Since there are places where multinationals are sucking up our groundwater with plans to sell it back to us in plastic bottles, I find too much truth in this for comfort! Right on, Earth Witch Mama. Amy

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  25. UnknownJuly 18, 2013 at 3:11 PM

    very dreamy as well as intriguing.

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  26. Rosemary Nissen-WadeJuly 18, 2013 at 3:28 PM

    Interesting vision of the Muse! What has welled forth is in fact your deep disappointment. I think this must (unfortunately) be lived, experienced, honoured and expressed before you can go on to find a new dream.

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  27. Nirvana on fireJuly 18, 2013 at 7:19 PM

    'wanders through my subconscious'
    'When she taps into the Source,
    she brings me back a message'
    These words carry tangling thoughts and good memories to my writing persona. A very lovely composition ma'm =)

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  28. Susie ClevengerJuly 18, 2013 at 8:53 PM

    Love the idea of a water witch muse...I believe she would come up empty with me at times also

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  29. Amrit SinhaJuly 18, 2013 at 9:54 PM

    This is a unique interpretation .... loved it !!!

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