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Iquitos⤴

Iquitos flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license

Today’s TDC says:

Research how a specific location has changed over time using historical photos online. One such tool is Google’s Timelapse Google Earth Engine. Write a poem that moves through time, reflecting on environmental changes.

I chose the meandering rivers in Iquitos, Peru. After watching the timelapse I found the Wikipedia page about Iquitos and pasted the climate section into a blackout poetry generator. The poem I made is at the top of this page.

If The River Could Speak⤴

from NomadWarMachine

UofG Tower from the bridge over the Kelvin flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license

Today’s TDC says

One of the options on the Write Out 2026 Choice Board is a prompt to consider the voice of a river. You can learn more about the prompt — including a walk through an urban block by Amanda Eke of The Poet Speaks and Puerto Rican poet and educator Mario José Pagán Morales here.

Think of a waterway near you or one that have visited. What would it say if it could speak? What memories might it hold? What wishes?

I chose the River Kelvin, and this is the poem she dictated to me:

The River Kelvin

I meander south
Then wander west
My sisters join me as I flow
Then, hearing a familiar voice
I rush south, as fast as I can
Down past an ancient seat of learning
(Though not as ancient as I!)
And join my mother Clyde to journey on together

Rhythms Of Water⤴

from NomadWarMachine

Journeys flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license

Along a busy road cars whizz past, their engines buzzing in my ears
The water moves slowly, lapping over small rocks
Birds flit, silently, through the trees
Dogs bark, owners wander by smiling and raising a hand
Different paces, different rhythms, different worlds

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