Row Me into Nowhere [Lyric Poem]

Row me into nowhere --
The middle of the sea --
To drift without a care
As waves roll under me.

Row me into nowhere,
That vacant stretch of sea,
To watch blue skies, so fair,
For an eternity.

Row me into nowhere;
I'll bob upon the waves.
Let me make it my lair:
Free of rascals and knaves.

Row me into nowhere
When all the good are gone;
I'll breathe that salty air
Until my soul moves on.

DAILY PHOTO: Chobe River Scenes

Lone Fisherman [Haiku]

one fisherman,
boat undulating on the
lake at sunrise.

DAILY PHOTO: Ferry on Linganamakki Reservoir, Monochrome

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Darkly Still [Haiku]

early morning:
it's still dark & darkly still.
one boat floats through.

River Snow by Liu Zongyuan [w/ Audio]

From one thousand mountains, birds have vanished.
Over ten-thousand paths, not one footprint.
A lone boat, an old man in coarse cloak and hat:
Just he, fishing in the cold, river snow.

Original Chinese:

千山鳥飛絕
萬徑人蹤滅
孤舟蓑笠翁
獨釣寒江雪

Prow Point [Haiku]

drifting downstream,
the prow points our way
to open sea.

DAILY PHOTO: Boat in the Light of the Setting Sun

Datta River, Sundarbans, West Bengal

DAILY PHOTO: Animals on the Chobe Banks

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DAILY PHOTO: Hungarian Parliament & a Boat on the Danube

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