Wisdom..

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silent river
naked feet on thorns -
still walk

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(June 18th, 2012)

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32 thoughts on “Wisdom..”

    1. Leo Post author

      A river flows over thorns without stopping in its journey. In that journey, I feel the river passes on its wisdom of patience and bearing, and of focus too. :)
       
      We can take that wisdom to our own life I feel. Thanks for liking it, Clarice :)
       
      - Leo.

    2. Rita

      My friend,your emphasis is on the naked feet that keep walking on the thorns. If you want the emphasis on the river according to your interesting comment, your haiku has to be in a different version . May I suggest:

      solid rocks-
      the silent flowing
      of the river

      Enjoyed reading:))

    3. Leo Post author

      Hmm :) Taking in all the wisdom of your comments too, Rita. I will try and will do better as well. Yes, that haiku you suggest would express the wisdom better. Thank you for your valuable words! :)
       
      - Leo.

    1. Leo Post author

      It’s both with the journey of the river, and our journey in life :) You got the essence of what I wanted to show anyways. Thanks, Maharukh.
       
      - Leo.

  3. DS

    Kya hi fundu connection kiya hai… Thank God you explained what it meant… Otherwise it had all sailed seamlessly over my head… But its beautiful, after reading your explanation, I really like it.

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  5. Rita

    Hi Leo.
    The message (wisdom)of this poem is interesting.
    The river stands for (life) which keeps flowing, no matter if roses or thorns come in its way.
    I would revise it this way to make it clearer:

    flowing river-
    the naked feet keep
    walking on thorns

    Thanks!
    ~Rita

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    1. Leo Post author

      Thank you, Rita :) I hope this haiku what I wrote is more showing than telling, as you had mentioned in my previous one for Ordinary. Glad you could understand what I meant to say by the haiku, and for revising it to a clearer one!
       
      - Leo.

    1. Leo Post author

      Nature does hold a lot of wisdom for us :) We just have to observe and understand it, I think. Even I’ve not done it completely as such, but I believe in it. Thanks Amy :)
       
      - Leo.

  11. Loredana Donovan

    Hi Leo, I see this as endurance or perhaps sacrifice? I’m not sure I get the reference to wisdom, but I understand what you mean. At first, I thought you were making a biblical reference of walking on water, but maybe that was unintentional? In any case, this is thought provoking and open to interpretation. :)

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    1. Leo Post author

      Life is about endurance, very much so, Loredana. My reference to wisdom is the one that I hear in the river’s voice. It shows me how to move over thorns. We shouldn’t stop living or moving forward when we face thorns. :)
       
      - Leo.

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