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Image: Free Flowing Ganga River at Rishikesh.
Abundance of rituals and spiritual cleansings within its waters
Source: Wikimedia Commons (here)
Commercial life blood
Nucleus of activities
Dotted along side
Romantics around
leisurely flow of peaceful
serene surroundings
Beware a monster
Destruction when awakened
Lethal, lots of tears
Written for Leo's HH, September Heights #287, Day 14 with prompt - river
The monster can always sneak out and ruin ones day
ReplyDeleteah a river can def be devastating when awoken and swollen with rain....
ReplyDeleteLike a message from a party exploring a far off reality. . . .
ReplyDeleteALOHA from Honolulu
Comfort Spiral
=^..^= <3
Oh, that devastation is still haunts the mind...very nicely done, Hank! Bravo...
ReplyDeleteThe mighty Ganges only begins as a spring from the Himalayas, but at spans through several nations before it flows into the Bay of Bengal and hence into the Indian ocean. Indeed it grows into a monster when the alluvial plains are flooded much to the suffering of the people.
ReplyDeleteAh, yes, a river has its good points and its bad.
ReplyDeleteRiversong Shadows
ReplyDeletevery well captured.....
nice job....I found the link about the photo fascinating,,,
ReplyDeleteWondreful haiku!
ReplyDeleteClever. Equally good as a whole or in isolation
ReplyDeleteMonster was unleashed this year Hank..
ReplyDeletedestruction in Kedarnath is the perfect example..
you summed it pretty well !!