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WELCOME TO OUR MONDAY MORNING FEATURE. We hope to share with you our readers the songs of the River, that they may either start your work week off right or recharge your batteries after a long weekend with the custys... We heartily accept submissions via email.  here

Today we delve into the world of the haiku. 

ENJOY!

WALLACING by Chicago Toughill

white froth river pulse

heaving breaking crashing hole

back upon itself

beat downward ever down

no light but sounds of rushing

embraced by cold arms

rise up toward light

emerging from chaotic

pulsing river depths

A Haiku of Rivers and Life

by Rising-Sea 

Rivers are like life.

Time and life flow like water

It can not be stopped.

No matter how hard

life will continue to flow

just like a river

You can try to fight

but then sooner or later

it will keep flowing

Endlessly flowing

so continue to flow down

the rivers of life

HAIKU by Taz Riggs

  I took an interest in Haiku, so I went to a friend that I knew had been published. Here are four lessons that I learned:

 #1. Never ask an expert for advice; The more you learn, the less you know.

 #2. One breath, juxtaposition, seasons, senses, motion.

 #3. Form, structure, cadence.

 #4. Cheating is fair.

 ... so, I went and got a book. Here's a couple class III, traditionals. A sharp class IV and attempt at a class V.

Passion or pleasure

Now let's get down to business

All forward, my friends.

Fall    leaf

Mingle    ice

Leave    eddy

Spring

Stopped by current

  Held in flow

    Downstream

Go

   Face down

   Drive rain

   Taste fear

Believe, amend

   Arms wide

   Sun warm

   Hear smile

Receive, ascend

   Feet fly

   Leaf drift

   See kiss

Release, defend

   Hands close

   Snow wisp

   Smell near

Relearn, unbend

   Ears high

   Howl wind

   Touch tear

Begin, again