Response to Prompt #65 Random Page
Lately I've been wanting to write some kind of recap of first semester. This morning I began in earnest, reading through my series of poems from August until yesterday. But it didn't seem lead to much of anywhere.
I've also been thinking I'd like to write a nonet, because it has been a while since I've written one.
This afternoon I had a bit of time open up, and so I picked up the book I've been reading every morning, a little at a time: Instructions to the Cook by Bernie Glassman.
I found this on page 97:
Usually we think we have to go through or over the rock that seems to be in our way. But the river never goes up against the rock directly. Water is gentle, but it is also the most persistent of elements. It always finds a way to go around the rock.
With that in mind, I wrote my nonet, which has also covered what I need to say about first semester.
The water will always find a way
Rocks do not impede the progress
With patience and persistence
Right elements appear
Gentle flow and go
An opening
A true path
Rivers
Run
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