A kayak on a placid river.
A leaf afloat on a babbling brook.
A rock smoothed over years by a rushing stream.
A twig carried away in a creek.
Let running water have its course.
It will anyway.
flowing
in and out
the tide
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Frank J. Tassone 
Your words are so calming Frank.
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Thank you, Linda! 😀
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My favorite part: “Let running water have its course. / It will anyway.”
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Thanks, revivedwriter! 😀
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Was that to be a “placid” river? You are the master of brevity, Frank, a ton of meaning in a soup can.
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Indeed, Glenn. Thanks for the catch! I make more typos than I care to think about these days! 🤣
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So many images of resistance and the idea that the water will have its way. Stunning, Frank. Enjoyed.
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Thank you, K! 😀
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It will have its way, how true. I’ve always been fascinated with weathered stones in a creek bed.. I often took one home and painted a message on it.
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The flowing ways of water fascinate me as well. 😀
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We are all “wandering on the way” (blatant Victor Mair steal.)
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Indeed, Jade! Thanks! 😀
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You’re welcome, Frank.
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Frank, there’s not much I love more than water. How beautiful this is, and I want to just sit and enjoy it awhile.
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Thanks, De Jackson! 😀
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Such a wonderful extended metaphor for life, Frank. I definitely feel the Japanese poetic effect in this.
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Thanks, Victoria! 😀
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Very well done Frank. I love your poem… yes, let the water have its course, it well anyway… We so often think we are in control, but it really is the earth that will finally have its say!
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Thanks, Dwight! 😀
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Let running water have its course.
Love the matter of factly way of expressing the various instances of water movements, Frank! Water will eventually find its own level, yes!
Hank
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Thank you, Hank! 😀
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Nicely done quadrille. Beautiful imagery conjured up in my mind while reading this.
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Thank you! 😀
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This is gorgeously atmospheric, Frank 😀 I love the image of “a rock smoothed over years by a rushing stream. A twig carried away in a creek.”💝💝 Yes, let it have its course 🙂 Very wise write.
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Thanks, Sanaa! 😀
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Yes, let it flow, and let it be! 👏👏
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Thank you! 😀
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loving the feel of this one let iy flow indeed
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Thank you, Rob! 😀
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Very true.
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Thanks, Jane! 😀
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I’m impressed by your ultra-condensed haibun, capturing the essence of the stream itself!
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Thanks, Ingrid! 😀
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This feels almost hypnotic. Splendid haibun.
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Thanks, Misky! 😀
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“Let running water have its course.
It will anyway.”
These lines are so very true. And the fact that you’ve converted a quadrille into a haibun is amazing! 🙂
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Thanks, Kitty! 😀
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Frank – you have inspired me! I will try a quadrille haibun some time too! Very well done!
❤
David
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Thank you, Ben! Happy to hear it! 😀
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Very philosophical. Loved it, Frank.
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Thank you, Bill! 😀
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You’re welcome.
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The inevitability in this poem …. I feel every line.
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Thank you, Helen! 😀
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The calmness your words evoked! Amazing quadrille haibun!
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Thank you! 😀
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My pleasure. 😊
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Oh what wonderful imagery and yes, water always wins
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Wonderful writing, Frank!
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