My Water of Life

My Poetry and Prose Blogology

Doug W. Evans 7/19/23 Doug W. Evans 7/19/23

My Water of Life

“this is my greatest secret of life…”

Photo courtesy of my friend Rod Sorenson rcoakley.com

Doug W. Evans 7/1/23 Doug W. Evans 7/1/23

Empathy Has a Shadow

“empathy graces soft beads of morning dews—nurturing

lonely gardens, colored in hope, light, faith, and confidence…”

Doug W. Evans 6/23/23 Doug W. Evans 6/23/23

Unearthing Words

“poets dig deftly to reach through

their abstracted universes of love”

Doug W. Evans 6/19/23 Doug W. Evans 6/19/23

It’s Not Complicated

“the greatest splendors…

are profoundly short…”

Doug W. Evans 6/19/23 Doug W. Evans 6/19/23

We Are Different

“yes—we are different
but we stand faithful as one—
magnificent and beautiful”

Doug W. Evans 6/17/23 Doug W. Evans 6/17/23

Mortar of Life

“if there is any fair assessment

or critical review of my life”

Doug W. Evans 6/12/23 Doug W. Evans 6/12/23

Dips Ahead

“we are echoes of God’s gift

dwelling inside natural temples”

Doug W. Evans 6/8/23 Doug W. Evans 6/8/23

I Emoji

“I climb my speckled tomes of granite—yet

I have never been that good at emojis”

Doug W. Evans 5/14/23 Doug W. Evans 5/14/23

Everywhere

“my loving Mother—who knew me well

passed away at a tender young age”

Doug W. Evans 4/23/23 Doug W. Evans 4/23/23

A Watery Embrace

“as the ocean cuddles me—

I feel its past paths”

Doug W. Evans 4/17/23 Doug W. Evans 4/17/23

Her Life as a Tree

“for she is our glorious tree
and I am her endless river”

Doug W. Evans 4/13/23 Doug W. Evans 4/13/23

A Bewildered Spring

“April’s flood me with color
but this year—she hid away”

Doug W. Evans 4/1/23 Doug W. Evans 4/1/23

Missing Green

Another Elfchen poem on my deep desire to find some green…

Doug W. Evans 4/1/23 Doug W. Evans 4/1/23

True Love

“a hope of sharing in long adventures to happiness

on steps that ascend into the endless realms of family”

Doug W. Evans 4/1/23 Doug W. Evans 4/1/23

Flows in Zion

“sculptors gardeners barriers impediments”

Doug W. Evans 3/28/23 Doug W. Evans 3/28/23

My Engineer

“we are a caboose—
dragged by a long
train of dear friends”

Doug W. Evans 3/21/23 Doug W. Evans 3/21/23

A Flakey Spring

“An Elfchen poem about spring. Or the lack thereof…”

Doug W. Evans 3/17/23 Doug W. Evans 3/17/23

Doorways

A Cinquain pom about Doorways…

Doug W. Evans 3/14/23 Doug W. Evans 3/14/23

Falling

“bound in icy nights

I feel weights of heaping snow…”

Doug W. Evans 2/25/23 Doug W. Evans 2/25/23

Names Really Do Matter

“and they will aid us in arduous steps