The Beauty of a River

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I came where the river
Ran over stones;
My ears knew
An early joy.
And all the waters
Of all the streams
Sang in my veins
That summer day.
-  Theodore Roethke, The Waking, 1948

 

Paint me a picture of the landscape. 

Dance me the dance of the waves. 

Sing me of the legends of the river. 

Tell me the story of the sky.
~author unknown~

No one can  see their reflection in running water,

It is only in still water that we can see

~Taoist proverb~

"Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge 

and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, 

you will suddenly know everything there is to be known."

~Winnie the Pooh~