"Niagara Falls" by Church‘Poetic Influences’: A Poem by Margaret Brinton The Society July 15, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 11 Comments . Poetic Influences Elements swirling in motion,Music in splashes and streams!Waterfall, wild rushing river,Nature is stirring up dreams. Fog on the shores of illusion,Mixing with mist from the seas.Whispering wind o’er the coastline,Verses aloft in the breeze. Grandeur of sunrise and sunset,Moonbeams that light up the soul,Echoes of rhyme in a thunder,Nature is playing Her role. Dewdrops demanding attention,Flowers and foliage unfurled,Rain dripping down in a meter,Poetic design in our world. . previously published by The Lyric . . Margaret Brinton has lived in San Diego’s inland valley area for over forty years where she taught and tutored. Her poems have recently been published in California Quarterly and Westward Quarterly and The Lyric with upcoming work in the greeting card industry. 11 Responses Paul A. Freeman July 15, 2025 From ‘Elements swirling in motion’, to ‘Poetic design in our world’, this is a beautiful, thoughtful poem, each stanza well measured, well laid out and poignant. Lovely stuff, Margaret. Thanks for the read. Reply Roy Eugene Peterson July 15, 2025 Margaret, your poem was inspired and inspiring to us! It seems you encompassed so many great images of nature that should engender poetic rhapsody. There were so many great phrases regarding nature I hesitate to pick one as my favorite. Reply Cynthia L Erlandson July 15, 2025 Beautiful, Margaret! Nature is certainly full of images and all sorts of things that inspire poetry — and are themselves poetry, as you’ve expressed in your final line. I think my favorite is “Flowers and foliage unfurled”, for its lovely alliteration. Reply Margaret Brinton July 15, 2025 To Paul and Roy and Cynthia, Thanks to each of you for a supportive response to my work! Reply C.B. Anderson July 17, 2025 In a way, this poem is an argument for Design. Interrelationships between the natural world and the human sphere are much too complicated to be written off as coincidence. Reply Margaret Brinton July 17, 2025 I appreciate your insight, C.B. There is so much of Nature and Intelligent Design that a writer can tap into. Reply Margaret Coats July 18, 2025 Lovely wording, Margaret, and more profound than it looks when we flow beyond the things Nature is stirring and playing. What a clever idea to point to the essence of poem though “Dewdrops demanding attention”! Reply Margaret Brinton July 18, 2025 Thank you, Ms. Coats. To have words of affirmation from you means a great deal to me. Your own writing is so very powerful. Reply Michael Pendragon July 21, 2025 Your poem flows beautifully, musically, magically. The pronounced meter is also well-suited to the movement (swirling, rushing, mixing, etc.) of the text. Simply perfect. Reply Susan Jarvis Bryant July 21, 2025 The musicality, the beautiful imagery, the rush of delight – I just love this song of a poem that has me smiling in awe. Thank you, Margaret! Reply Margaret Brinton August 10, 2025 To Michael and Susan, Such very kind words of approval from both of you. Many thanks! Reply Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYour email address will not be published.CommentName* Email* Website Δ
Paul A. Freeman July 15, 2025 From ‘Elements swirling in motion’, to ‘Poetic design in our world’, this is a beautiful, thoughtful poem, each stanza well measured, well laid out and poignant. Lovely stuff, Margaret. Thanks for the read. Reply
Roy Eugene Peterson July 15, 2025 Margaret, your poem was inspired and inspiring to us! It seems you encompassed so many great images of nature that should engender poetic rhapsody. There were so many great phrases regarding nature I hesitate to pick one as my favorite. Reply
Cynthia L Erlandson July 15, 2025 Beautiful, Margaret! Nature is certainly full of images and all sorts of things that inspire poetry — and are themselves poetry, as you’ve expressed in your final line. I think my favorite is “Flowers and foliage unfurled”, for its lovely alliteration. Reply
Margaret Brinton July 15, 2025 To Paul and Roy and Cynthia, Thanks to each of you for a supportive response to my work! Reply
C.B. Anderson July 17, 2025 In a way, this poem is an argument for Design. Interrelationships between the natural world and the human sphere are much too complicated to be written off as coincidence. Reply
Margaret Brinton July 17, 2025 I appreciate your insight, C.B. There is so much of Nature and Intelligent Design that a writer can tap into. Reply
Margaret Coats July 18, 2025 Lovely wording, Margaret, and more profound than it looks when we flow beyond the things Nature is stirring and playing. What a clever idea to point to the essence of poem though “Dewdrops demanding attention”! Reply
Margaret Brinton July 18, 2025 Thank you, Ms. Coats. To have words of affirmation from you means a great deal to me. Your own writing is so very powerful. Reply
Michael Pendragon July 21, 2025 Your poem flows beautifully, musically, magically. The pronounced meter is also well-suited to the movement (swirling, rushing, mixing, etc.) of the text. Simply perfect. Reply
Susan Jarvis Bryant July 21, 2025 The musicality, the beautiful imagery, the rush of delight – I just love this song of a poem that has me smiling in awe. Thank you, Margaret! Reply
Margaret Brinton August 10, 2025 To Michael and Susan, Such very kind words of approval from both of you. Many thanks! Reply