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Rivers
Up River in the Autumn
Please, won’t you come along with me
Up river in the fall?
We’ll float at leisure, passing woodlands
Burnished, thick, and tall.
We’ll watch thick clouds give way to sun
That breaks horizon’s crest
And choose a course that guarantees
Delightful Autumn Rest.
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photo courtesy of Larisa Koshkina @ pixabay.com
Repose – in black & white
Liquid – Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge
Childhood’s Treasures: Daily Post Prompt
Sometimes treasures lie deep-buried,
‘Neath eons of soil and time,
Long resisting human efforts
To unearth and cleanse from grime.
But then there are rare occasions
When a prize will come to light
Resting beneath shallow waters
Waiting childhood’s keenest sight.
To the toddler on adventure,
Holding onto daddy’s hand,
Tide-smoothed pebbles, multicolored,
Constitute a treasure grand.
To participate in today’s prompt visit Daily Post.
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Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Bridge
I’m not an avid bridge photographer, but I do love to photograph rivers. And even though the bridge does not show in this picture, there is one here. I was standing on it when I made this shot. So I figure it counts.
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Surveying the Territory: Terry Valley Photography
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Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Narrow x 3 – from My Friend Terry
Silent Sunday 6/12/16
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Along The River — a repeat post
I have posted this poem a couple times over the years, but today I found myself reading it again and being inspired by it. It is one of my own personal favorites of the countless poems I’ve written during my life, and I just decided I WANTED to post it again.
ALONG THE RIVER
The sun is playing hide and seek with clouds
Along the river.
The clouds are gray, but friendly, soft, and free
Along the river.
I move unhampered by the flirting breeze
Along the river
Breathing deeply of the moistened earth
Along the river.
Quiet now invades my mind and soul
Along the river.
I’m letting go of tumbling, troubled thoughts
Along the river.
My past recedes; my future quiet rests
Along the river,
And water speaks to waters deep within
Along the river.
I sit and contemplate historic past
Along the river
The generations served by this same stream
Along the river.
And sense that I belong to something great
Along the river
A part of something bigger than myself
Along the river.
And far beyond my power to understand,
Along the river,
An elemental knowing I am known —
And I am loved —
By the Creator of the river.
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Love Runs Through Me
Like a stream running through the mountains,
Like a cool wind sweeping o’er the plains,
Like a river rushing to the ocean,
Like blood coursing through the veins,
Like a current running through a cable,
Like a song swirling through the mind,
Like inspiration flowing through the poet,
Like compassion coursing through the kind,
So love for you is running through my soul,
Super-charging me; causing me to grow,
Reminding me that loving makes us whole.
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Peace Like a River …
Thanks again to Terry Valley for his lovely work.
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Deep Creek, North Carolina, USA
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I do love rivers and waterfalls.
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Cinquain Found In Nature
Bird song
Called me from dreams
To greet the day at dawn,
With scent of dew on morning lawn:
Incense.
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River,
You fascinate.
My soul delights to sit
And feel the rush of life within
Your heart.
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Mountain
Of solid rock,
Unmoved by elements,
Yet helpless in man’s drive to build
Highways.
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Wordless Wednesday
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The Happy Wordcrafter 