SANTA CRUZ RIVER (AZ)
Photo of monsoon lightning strike in Tucson, AZ (August 2021) by Gretchen E. Henderson.
First published on the University of Arizona Poetry Center blog by Gretchen E. Henderson:
July 26, 2024
As Tucson enters monsoon season, here is a replenishing wellspring for Dear Body of Water. We hope that you will add your voice to the growing chorus of water.
WELLSPRING (for a chorus of water)
The human body is mostly water.
The planet is mostly water.
We are all bodies of water.
~ Dear Body of Water
Dear acequia
Dear ancestor
Dear animal
Dear aquarium
Dear aqueduct
Dear aquifer
Dear archipelago
Dear arm
Dear arroyo
Dear atmosphere
Dear aunt
Dear backwater
Dear basin
Dear bathtub
Dear bay
Dear bayou
Dear beach
Dear beloved
Dear berm
Dear bight
Dear billabong
Dear bioswale
Dear bird
Dear birdbath
Dear birth canal
Dear blackwater
Dear bodily fluid
Dear body of water...