Drowning in her Voice - Original Poem & Reading

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Drowning in her Voice

Currents shift, waves freckle skin.
Plumes of silt pop and sizzle,
as undercurrents roil within.

In the wake of the moon
she wallows in tidal strands,
seaweed frays in the lee of the land.

Her voice answers the caw
of diving Auk, yammering seals
and the rhythm of waves on shore.

Her thoughts form in eddies,
birthed deep in the earth,
patterned in whale song,

flailing surf and stalling squalls.
Renewed in the dying storm.

Personification in poetry...

is an age-old technique which can be used to improve the effect of a poem in a number of ways. It is a fantastic way to create a comic voice in poetry as shown in Sharon Hendricks poem Dinnertime Chorus which describes her dinner with a kind of bubbling auditory cadence. The over all effect is perfectly absurd as it builds an impression of the teacups and pot chattering to each other.

Another use of personification is one that I often use in my poetry, which attempts to imbue an object/place/environment with a sense of personality that connects the emotions that these things elicit in me with the reader (hopefully).

This style of personifying aspects of nature has been practiced by poets for eons and helps to create strong imagery around an imagined narrative with primary forces.

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