Reader Challenge: Six Words on Water
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
Our friends over at TreeHugger and Planet Green have been devoting lots of virtual space lately to exploring our oceans and waterways in their month-long feature, Blue August. That got SMITH thinking about a Six-Word Challenge about one of summer’s treats and earth’s increasingly rare resources: water. Whether your half-dozen well-chosen words are about water worries (”Save water, shower with a friend”) or the joys of jumping into the deep blue sea (”Oldster surfing: Call it ‘Gray Crush’”), we want your six words on water. Three winners will receive a Spreadshirt tee that shows off their six wet words.
Leave your entry in the comments area below. And we’ll tweet some of our favorites along the way. If you tweet this contest or your own entry, please use the tag #6Wwater.
The contest ends on August 31 (5pm est), and winners will be announced on September 8.
Creative Commons photo, “Through droplets,” from Flickr user hamedmasoumi.
Wet dream: Fresh water for everyone
Alternate version - Wet dream: Fresh water for all
Bottled water? No way. Tap, please.
Never water, always soda. So unhealthy.
An empty beach in the dark
not a drop to drink anywhere
ancestors left the deep memories remain
Crystal clear brook means water flowing
water: good to the last drop
Water is precious! Visit the desert.
Water. Essential to all gene pools.
When the wells dry, my! my!
It tastes good when not polluted.
So good for you, drink up!
Only Jesus lizards walk on water
This stream shall not prevent me…
Cross river of worldliness, attain deliverance
Stupidly thought water sports meant swimming
Keep it clean for the future.
H2O is as precious as Au.
Water: The source of our being.
Wasting world will wither without water
Hard water gave me kidney stones.
The Ocean roars. I hear God.
On water:
It’s in our veins. Don’t pollute!
Liquid water: why Earth isn’t Venus.
Water? I guess I’d tap that.
Toes need a place to dip!
In Clear Blue Water, Please Believe
Water is the new gold standard.
Water - even fish fuck in it!
“Rain on Me” acid free water.
At first, there was only water.
At end, there was only dust.
Liquid element
Give life, bring life
Nourish and restore, Water
Power to heal and destroy, water.
I drink it when I’m thirsty!
Blue isn’t sad, blue is water.
“Purple Rain” is my favorite song.
Need it for those 10,000 Lakes.
Best to drink when ice cold!
Parting, of the red sea- water!
Earth without water means dead planet
Water conservation means using it wisely!
Salty surfs, ragging rivers, calm creeks.
Pitcher it, not down the drain
Conserving water can start with YOU.
Imagine a world without water. NOT
Remember: Life cannot exist without water.
How many baths from a rainstorm?
drop bubble swirl wave crest crash
We need clean water to live.
Imagine there’s no water. The End
Rain, Rain, Don’t go away…etc.
Trying holding H2O in your hand.
OMG! H2O can make me LMAO!
water. it’s not just for whales.
Feeds my thirst, and my soul.
save it for a rainy day
It’s power has always scared me.
For new views, wander under water.
The snowman left a puddle.
The river is flowing on by.
Destructive, beautiful. Tastes good with ice.
Moonlight is dancing across the pond
chakra two: water - feel, desire, change
Crystal droplets fall from emerald leaves.
Molecules resemble Mickey Mouse, who knew?
Summer rain drops killing my loneliness
The rain kissed the red rose.
Reading the water, finding the truth.
As the fish beneath the water.
Where did all the water go?
It was here; cold as ice.
Where did the fresh water flow?
Over the parched lands growing rice.
If we ignore we’ll never know.
Where will water come from then.
Gentle Rain. Hurricane. All the same.
Ocean waves sound like earth breathing.
Unnameable. Untameable. Wild ocean. Releases me.
wetwetwetwetwetwet
WE ARE 90%WATER
UNCOMPRESSABLE INCOMPARABLE WAVE AFTER WAVE
Blessing and obstacle. Life and death.
I always drink the water, anyway.
Swim, swim, swim go the fish!
Green, green turtle dips her toe.
Stone gardens worthier than thirsty humans.
I’ve been a mermaid, in dreams.
Even if one person is thirsty…
It is not blue; it’s sparkly.
I have never seen the ocean.
Frozen and in small amounts, please.
All this water’s making me thirsty.
Water, the only essence of life.
the sea witch waves at me
pacific tsunami. 2 Hydrogen, 1 Oxymoron.
No water, no coffee for two.
Drink water, live long and prosper.
Raindrops, coming from the tin-top roofs.
I almost drowned during my baptism.
Happiness: summer rain on bald head
Water is the artery of life
Rivers are roads made by God
Rainfall lullabies calm my weary soul
Dry wells teach worth of water
Don’t over estimate water’s power.
Don’t over estimate our water’s power.
I entered a wet t-shirt contest
Humans: Ugly bags of mostly water.
Rain: Texas would like some, please.
He jetskiied East; I sailed West.
Ride a surfboard to feel uplifted!
Breathing under water in glowing night
White sand. Blue water. Total peace.
Starboard or port, sail towards destiny…
I Came. I Saw. I Gurgled.
THANK GOD for water especially HOT
I’m 60% FULL of IT…You?
Sorry, still can’t take short showers.
eau. agua. mizu. wasser. water. ahhhhh.
surfers say: drink water, it’s swell!
Future water could be a mirage.
Got ticketed! Open Water Bottle Law
surfers say: ocean conservation is swell!
I remember pre-cataclysm water, don’t you?
Quench, One bottle at at time!
Water water everywhere: Don’t drink it!
Water saves Lives, Live to Save!
Poseidon gags on the polluted waters.
Save Water: shower with many friends!
Waste not; want not. Water? Not!
I think my water just broke!
H two…Oh, you’d prefer wine?
Agua Muerta: water for the dead.
Save the oceans, and dolphins dance.
In excess: What sustains can suffocate.
I exale, watching my bubbles rise.
Some crisp clean well water please.
Wash, Drink, Grow; clean, healthy, fed
Need water for our very existence
Wild surf, too strong, scary undertow
dead fish floating, poisoned water kills
Forest floor smells wet from rain.
The only place I feel me.
Oh, water!….You make me wet!
She said, “Evaporate, drip!” He cried.
In Phoenix, raindrops are precious jewels.
The ocean is nature’s neti pot.
Alternate version:
The ocean my giant neti pot
Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, Earth’s Placenta.
ride the waves, set yourself free.
Water runs. Thoughts drop.Infinity flows.
Here’s water little plant, please grow
Make mud pies and get clean
Please conserve. My well’s effected, too.
Rode the mourning wave; beached myself.
Hot yoga. Cool water. Balance restored.
Water me and I will grow.
Abyss alive. Drown. Giveth & taketh away.
Yes, the river knows: Eternity flows.
Ole Man River still rollin’ along…
can’t imagine living life land locked
Without water there would only be …
You cannot swim in a desert.
Reflecting back the sky a little.
Water feels sensuous on my skin.
Water is the elixir of life!
Without water, everything dies. Enough said.
Well? Deep subject. Father drilled them.
Water quenches more than just thirst.
Made of water–drink me in!
Made of water–take a sip!
She gets dirty, just to bathe.
Water bottle more enticing than glass.
I’ve no passion for land, goodbye.
Bike, barge on Po, vacation barcarole.
Adolescent nightmare: waves drag bikini down.
Anomalously expands when frozen. Quite unusual.
Vent worms show water trumps sun.
A splash brings whiskey to life.
Rain, rain, go away. Come again!
Without its power, no Grand Canyon.
Under the bridge, over the dam?
Come on in, the water’s fine
Peaceful touch through the ocean’s sound
Ocean’s music sings songs of Peace
My soul lifted through gentle waves
My tears fill the ocean deep
Love As Deep As Ocean’s Blue
The water’s fun join on in
Rejuvenate Refill Regularly
Refresh With Water
Clean Today’s Water
Recycle Today’s Trash
Sea Life Speak
“Help Save Me”
Help Save
The
Ocean
Wildlife
You and me made of sea.
Rain should be H20. Not H2SO4
Don’t drink water. Fish pee there.
Rain is orgasmic. Makes me wet.
Water on knee needs tap on head.
Water both scares and exhilerates me.
Conserve water: drink scotch, hold rocks.
water is wet….water is sweat….
Drink it. Enjoy it. Sweat it.
Ones needs, save it for all
From swollen clouds flowed life-giving water.
My soul consists of salt water
Liquid life, giving never taking, abused.
Mountain stream dances, sings. Heaven’s art
We float, break, drift then evaporate.
well water waiter winner tee shirt!
We must conserve, reuse, honor water!
Clear Refreshing
Dependable
Life Existence
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Life without water is death
Water brings life, cherish it
water , the word makes me thirsty
Water gives life , give water life
Pure life flows with serene power.
Abundant,powerful, rolling, God like necessity!
life, needed, clear, clean. free, & here
Dont waste water i’ll getya wet
Infinite The Blue Ray of life
water for 400 bucks?conserve water
Take your grandkids to water museum
Water - We have all we get.
Water. We can’t make more. Understand?
Use it up before it’s gone.
Fog, rain, hurricane - all in perception.
Fog, rain, hurricane - perceptions of precipitation.
essential, fresh, clean, tasty, drink alot
H2Ohhhhh water . . . you make me wet!
Life, Love, Pale, Deep Blue Blood.
You won’t know until it’s gone
Used rubber discovered in swimming pool.
Please buy a reusable water bottle.
Godsend in the band’s asphalt desert.
nourishing,
eroding,
calming–
waterfalls of ambiguity
blue planet. liquid refreshment for all
Water loves me, inside and out
Water, a liquid God. Thank you.
Water; Giver and Receiver of Life
Drink, Wash, Anoint, Baptize, Bath. Thanks.
Splash, drip, drop, kerplunk, dunk! Fun!
Big, Blue, Deep, Wide… Hold me
The Mother of all Life. Amen.
Imagining a Healthy, Vibrant Ocean. Swell!
My immortal, clear life quencher.
WATER
reliving the womb with each dip!
thank you, whale and dolphin home
deep, mysterious, quiet, silk floating comfort.
sensuous enveloping breath of life world
Jemanja, oh Jemanja!
Sparkling, mystical life!
Want to conserve water? Quit breeding.
We are water inside and out.
Water is life, life is water.
Water is for all of us.
Life and death affected by water.
Water drips deeply into my soul.
Water drips into my very being.
Pure, life-giving water for eternity.
Save the world by saving water.
Rain from heaven gives us life.
People, plants, animals all need water.
We need water to keep alive.
Water maintains beauty in this world.
Water’s power over us is eternal.
Water gives life and takes lives.
Water is wealth, health, and life.
Please God, give us all water.
May we always have enough water.
Simply quench your thirst with water.
Quench the world’s thirst with water.
Pray for enough water for all.
a better zen garden, wait, watch
Flowing, Emotion, Healer, Purifying, Magnifying Transducer
I LovE you, Water!!
EternalGratitude,
Lizz
70% of Humankind; 70% of Earth
Surfing gets me wet even indoors.
Half full, half empty … half water.
Feeling blue? Swim into the ocean!
Water in three states. Limited access.
Frothy edge, tingling feet, pulling sand
Liquid Goddess, you make me wet…
love, joy, cleansing, enormous, incredible, awe-inspiring
cradles whale memories and dophin dreams
Our most precious resource-respect it!
drink, swim, play, watch, need, enjoy
water conserve it or drown in it
Precious water, life’s elixir, Earth’s blood
alive light-holder life-giving joy-giving in me
connecting us to our ocean within
magnificent conductor of powerful life force
Waves of pure possbility surround us
water is eighty percent of me
Totally immersed in you, I remember…
Water: Sweet, life, and God’s Genius.
I like mine fresh with ice
Water asks little but needs tlc.
Water! Precious water, everywhere, or Not!
Alas, Jack&Jill hill produced no water.
Respect water. It’s life’s sustaining element.
“And, next: Let there be ‘Water.’ ”
Got H20? Doesn’t leave a mustache!
Good Idea to promote water care.
Inform me of other “free” contest.
Thanks,
DM
Water, like love, impossible to grasp.
Wonderful Water is Healing Liquid Love
My companions of the sea, how I love thee.
Let us surf the waves.
Aloha Beloveds!
Splashing, surfing, swirling, spinning through the ocean of life bringers of joy in the cosmic sea of consciousness.
I meet you in the sea
We swim, wild and free
Time disappears
Boundaries dissolve
We are one
I wait on shore till you arrive
I grab my boogie board
We go for a ride
My heart is over flowing with love and joy
We play leaf tag
You win
Water: Tasteless. Yet So Very Satisfying!
pH of H2O? Don’t wanna know.
Water, the giver of Life - so sacred & pure!
Pure tasting, smelling, giver off Life
Drip Drop Splish Splash Wave ________
(fill in yours. Drink,Surf,Swim,Row….)
H to the mutherfuckin’ 2 O!
Serenity adrift. That’s my water story.
Pure Fresh Clean Life Our Future
Succinct and deep
soup of life, awesome life preserver
sea side
summer storm
sand: stop!
our body continuously produces watered liquids: tears..sweat..sperm,nose stuff…,shawls…blood…
not bad huh?…
Conserve water remembering these six words
(H2O)PE
Why every little drop counts
inspirational, pulsating, creation, life’s heartbeat, caressing
Contemplate the world beneath the waves
vein of life, mother nature’s milk
“Water? It’s over-rated”; screamed the drowning man..
Ocean’s power
World’s craving
Life’s necessity
Europe’s water is the bubbly kind.
wet kisses
happiness,
wet lips
bliss!
we are water,
save yourself first
from water to wine
how divine
oceans & seas,
lakes & rivers,
you & me
salty, velvet, wet, love of sea
I’m not fat. I’m conserving water!
Water conservation: the choice is clear.
Raise a glass, not a bottle.
Water: What A Totally Essential Resource!
Water is the definition of Delicious.
(Remember the book, “The Search for Delicious”?)
Delicious and nutritious. Tastes like water.
For best results: just add water.
the blood of earth brings life
H2O: the perfect menage a trois.
I have water on the brain.
Rain cleanses the earth. Keep clean.
Drank out of springs as kid.
High dive: Held nose, jumped. Splash!
Love waterfalls, springs, rivers, lakes, oceans.
Refreshing water: drink, swim, clean, save.
“Water? Over-rated”, spluttered the drowning man.
No water? No wander. No wonder.
Waterboarding works. Didn’t I tell you?
Poseidon’s playground abundantly provides and destroys
most important thing within our universe
walking along creek. flow leads us.
Makes me thirsty. Not!
I need, therefore, I drink (water).
Contaminate….watch me die.
Life, Pure, Energy, Wavy, Crystal Water
Water - I need you like air.
Flavored frozen water, solid liquid treats.
Water, like emotion, ebbs and flows.
Vegas called. They need more water.
Sex in hot tub requires water.
Snowboarding without snow would be sad.
Minnesota is all lakes and snow.
Keep the snowflakes pure and beautiful!
Create Blue Life Through Aqua
I am so thirsty without you.
My thirst cries in your absence.
I need you my love, I’m thirsty.
The wise would never waste water
Words of wisdom: never waste water.
Dry wells taught me water’s worth.
Rainbows set free , droplets glorious gift .
Rain, tin roof , sweet wet percussion .
Geyser, Earth’s hot blood spewing forth.
No Doubt, without it, there’s drought .
One droplet contains a small universe .
Earth, Air, Fire,Water , it’s Elementary.
Nothing more beautiful than a waterfall.
I’m craving water for my children…
Icicles sad songs in the thaw
Icicles’ sad songs in the thaw
Watered my garden. Displayed common scents.
Waterbirth baby, surfed oceans ever after.
Waterbirth baby and still enjoying snorkeling.
Katrina turns four, water still troubled.
Water tastes so good in beer.
Nature’s waters. always have upper hand.
No water, no life. Preserve it.
Show me the water! Act now.
Got water? Prserve it or else.
Water: Not just another pretty raindrop.
Water plentiful now but for long?
Underwater: a breathtaking love with ocean.
Got water? Protect. Preserve. Treasure.
Annoying faucet drip is welcome elsewhere.
Replaced dishwasher with a human one
Don’t take clean water for granted.
We use well water–with filter.
Nothing more refreshing than cold water!
Abundance of water here. But later?
Silver beads hanging, like precious gems
Ocean and heartbeats come as one.
All creatures drink me; need me.
Think conservation. Tap into mind spring.
I LAUGHED SO HARD I PEED !
wet does not always mean water.
Take heed to high water sign!
Watching, waiting, hoping, praying for rain.
Imagine a bubble bath without water.
Be a kid, splash in puddles.
Water, water, wash away my tears.
Since you left, raindrops keep fallin’
Too much rain, bad hair days.
After a good rain, honeysuckle perfume.
Let the rain cleanse your soul.
Wash your face, let freckles show.
Tried walking on water. Lost myself.
The ocean waves away my loneliness
Please recycle me: Burial at Sea.
Blue, gray or green - soul’s music
Out with tide, be free remorse!
reflective, majestic, secretive is my sea
pure essence of life, love, Godlike
sting rays in sky blue water
tour to reef yields blue seas
eyes as blue as the ocean
Beautiful Turquoise Blue Gem Keys Water
Water Is Like My Heart, Evaporating
Coal: coking. Oceans: acid. Whales: high!
Golden sand, bath water - ah, Kauai!
waves like heartbeats of the earth
beads on glass slide into rings
there’s a river in every lightbulb
mother river daughter ocean sister cloud
eddy ripple splash wave course bank
we are water, we’re living water
I’m thirsty. Water you thinking about?
Water kept clean=a planet green.
Clean water makes a green planet.
Humanity needs clean water, don’t pollute.
Water…a resource taken for granted.
Our green planet needs blue water.
Dirty water creates a dirty planet.
Absence of water; extinction of life.
From drought comes an unaccustomed earth.
Water: pure and clean gives life.
Marriage sex troubles. Deep water. Enema.
Kiss your lover’s watery apple; drown.
Shower masturbation. Holy water. Rinse. Repeat.
Doing shots of bottled water: atrocious.
Watching water boil away. New hobby.
flowing sparkling clear elixir: life’s essence
Refreshing, Crisp, Delicious, Simple, Pure. Water.
I love, I hate: bottled water.
The old pond…..
the water sound.
The sky vomits, and me too.
handwashing favorite shirts, my sweet time.
freezin’ cold creek clenches my vein.
waterfall meets light, opens up rainbow.
Liquid slicks the surface, permeates reality.
I love the rain. Don’t you?
So thirsty. Where’s the vending machine?
I fear I’ll die of thirst.
basicall tasty goodness take a sip
Fishing trip: Nothing.
Movie: “Water!!! Shark!!!”
Jesus~/~Water: Died For Our Sins
Always rain, never snow. Weather sucks.
emerald drops rest on the grass
Michael Phelps knows value of water.
bottled, tap, fizzy, flat, distilled, spring
Water is life, treat it nice…
Summer rain calms my jackhammer mind.
This lacustrine, lacustral lake-like earthing orb.
Good water makes even better coffee.
Oil? Water is the new black.
Water is the ultimate dew loop
We do not exist without water
Nothing floats my boat like water
Water knows no borders or languages
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Thank you for choosing one of mine! Love H2O!
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