My Dartmoor series continues.
Meldon Dam
West Okement River
you ran through granite incision
you splashed your path
through blanket bog
already rendered barren
its nutrients washed away
by the rainfall of millennia
Neolithic sapien arrived
when ice age departed
devoided trees to hunt out
forest animals
Industrial Revolution
reached your western land
rock was quarried
iron path hammered
you were dammed
to quench the thirst of Devon
Lucid Gypsy 
Ah, beautiful poem, Gilly!
🙂
So schön wünsche einen schönen glücklichen Tag und alles Liebe Gruß und Freundschaft.Gislinde
The river has such personality. Lovely poem, Gilly.
Oh Gilly, this is powerfully brilliant
Well done, your poetic description of this place makes me feel like I am there.
How impressively perfect! 🙂 I LOVE this section:
“Neolithic sapien arrived
when ice age departed
devoided trees to hunt out
forest animals”
So descriptive yet such brevity!
I’m working backwards now to the rest of your Dartmoor series.
Now, that’s a river that just can’t get a break! Very nice.