Waterfall
Channel: John Harmer
Date: 28/12/2020

The poem Waterfall by Frederick Manning, set to music and with slow motion images from Norwegian waterfalls filmed in 2017.

Foaming, writhing, 
Urgent water.
Sweeping round the twisted course.
Into whirlpools
Over boulders,
Polished by the passing stream.

Leaping, spraying, 
Falling water.
Plunging over rampart sheer.
Into tumult,
Vapour rising.
Rainbows arching with the sun.

Thrashing, roaring, 
Thundering water.
Rushing through the hollowed rock.
Spurting, jetting,
Belching outwards.
Curving, lucent, spiralling down.

Arrogant, bullying, 
Strident water.
Everlasting on its way.
Gradual calming,
Current slowing, 
As it meets the placid lake.

Frederick Manning