{"id":33390,"date":"2016-10-11T06:30:44","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T17:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=33390"},"modified":"2016-10-09T20:30:43","modified_gmt":"2016-10-09T07:30:43","slug":"tuesday-poetry-we-are-more-than-half-water-by-helen-rickerby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2016\/10\/11\/tuesday-poetry-we-are-more-than-half-water-by-helen-rickerby\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Poetry: “We are more than half water” by Helen Rickerby"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are more than half water
\n.<\/span><\/h3>\n

We are almost aquatic<\/p>\n

Would it be that big<\/p>\n

a step to dive back in?<\/p>\n

.<\/span><\/p>\n

In time we will breathe again<\/p>\n

underwater; not us, perhaps<\/p>\n

or even our children, but somewhere<\/p>\n

along our line our lungs will creep<\/p>\n

to the surface as gills<\/p>\n

.<\/span><\/p>\n

The water is always calling, drawing us to oceans<\/p>\n

How else could crashing waves be calming?<\/p>\n

Why else have I\u2019ve taken off my shoes and walked<\/p>\n

over hot sand, ready to give up my burning feet?<\/p>\n

Why else would I step-by-step out into the chill sea<\/p>\n

only my stretched torso warm-blooded still?<\/p>\n

Why, after fighting it, I suddenly give in<\/p>\n

dive under, float free<\/p>\n

.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a9 Helen Rickerby<\/p>\n

Featured on \u201c\u2026Anything, Really\u201d<\/em> with permission.<\/p>\n

\u2014<\/p>\n

\"cinema_helen-rickerby\"<\/a>Recently, I have begun featuring poems that are themed around the sea, at least in a broad sense. Also recently, I caught up with friend and former fellow Tuesday Poet, Helen Rickerby, and was delighted when she agreed to contribute a poem for the mini-series. I particularly like the way We are more than half water<\/em> captures the connection so many of us seem to feel for the sea.<\/p>\n

About The Poet:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
\"helen-rickerby\"<\/a>

Helen Rickerby<\/p><\/div>\n

Helen Rickerby has published four collections of poetry, most recently Cinema<\/i> (2014). She is the managing editor of boutique publisher Seraph Press. Her next collection (working title: How to Live), will attempt to grapple with the big philosophical issues, but will not attempt to answer them.<\/span><\/p>\n

—
\n.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0.<\/span><\/h4>\n

Prior \u2018Sea\u2019 Poems include:<\/h4>\n

\u201cThe Sea\u201d by Tim Jones<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cDover Beach\u201d (Excerpt) by Matthew Arnold<\/a><\/p>\n

“Breathing You In” by David Gregory<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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