The Deeps [Lyric Poem]

Big Creek in Vickery Creek Park, Atlanta.
A jutting rock
splits the river,
diverging streams
never wither,
but speed around --
smoothly flowing,
still gaining speed --
never slowing,
until they reach
the deeps.

DAILY PHOTO: Chattahoochee River

The Chattahoochee River with stony protrusions in Paces Mill Park.
The Chattahoochee River from water's edge. Taken in Paces Mill Park.
The Chattahoochee River from the bank. Taken in Paces Mill Park.

DAILY PHOTO: Chattahoochee River at Paces Mill

DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from the Tuscaloosa Riverwalk

DAILY PHOTO: Pai River

Winter River [Haiku]

between snowy banks,
a silvery river
slips through cold mountains.

DAILY PHOTO: Murals on Urban Walkways

Roanoke River Greenway.
Atlanta Beltline
Kolkata

DAILY PHOTO: Savannah River at Hartwell Dam

False Water [Haiku]

river reflections
tell a tale of still water.
They lie!

FIVE WISE LINES [October 2025]

Gwalior Fort on Gopachal Hill in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India

I had better never see a book
than to be warped by its attraction clean out of my own orbit,
and made a satellite instead of a system.

ralph waldo emerson; The american scholar

Free should the scholar be, — free and brave.

Ralph waldo emerson; The American Scholar

If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine, it is lethal.

Paulo coelho

What you’re supposed to do when you
don’t like a thing is change it.
If you can’t change it,
change the way you think about it.
Don’t complain.

Maya angelou

No man ever steps in the same river twice,
for it’s not the same river
and he’s not the same man.

Heraclitus