Friday, August 21, 2015

The Blue Nile blessed with goodness

                                                                                            Artist: Thomas Cole (1828)
Image: Garden of Eden (here)

Note: The Nile thought to be the river Gihon which
once flowed out of the Garden of Eden. There had
been suggestions that the Garden of Eden was once
somewhere in present-day Ethiopia.

Heavens awaited
The Blue Nile blessed with goodness
Flooded plains welcomed
Providence gave helping hand
Fertile soil brought greenery

Ethiopia then
One-time Garden of Eden
Paradise on Earth
Wherefore apples and serpents
Was it climate change or what!

For Chev's hosting at CARPE DIEM #802
- the Blue Nile
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9 comments:

  1. Blue GrumpsterAugust 22, 2015 at 3:19 AM

    Number 1!

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  2. Blue GrumpsterAugust 22, 2015 at 3:21 AM

    I had no idea the Nile was blue. That might explain some of the problems, you know ;)

    Paradise... what is it? Where is it? In our imagination? Hi Hank!

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    1. kaykualaAugust 22, 2015 at 3:58 AM

      If Paradise is like the painting above, then there is still a lot of it in Ethiopia.

      Hank

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  3. Pat HattAugust 22, 2015 at 6:45 AM

    haha climate change caused it all, the real serpent lol or maybe just a big snake

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  4. Holy Ghost WriterAugust 22, 2015 at 6:54 AM

    Do places like that still exist?

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  5. BlogorattiAugust 23, 2015 at 2:44 AM

    A truly wonderful piece, really vivid thoughts.

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  6. Alex J. CavanaughAugust 23, 2015 at 5:46 AM

    Too bad we messed up the Garden of Eden...

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  7. ChèvrefeuilleAugust 23, 2015 at 4:43 PM

    Two wonderful tanka Hank. And that painting really looks like the Garden of Eden ... so much beauty.

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