[lit-ideas] river stepping

Julie signed herself:
names change
people change
you never step in the same river twice


Eric: I'm still trying to improve this one. It needs it. It won't be the same villanelle when it's finished, but the form will be the same. Go figure!

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Villanelle for Heraclitus

[“To have a character is to have characteristic experiences which repeat.” -Nietzsche]


You cross different rivers on the same two feet,
Water floods downstream wherever you stand.
The joke inside you makes your laughter repeat.

Water shifts hues with the light that it meets.
Pleasing textures sift both sides of your hand,
As you cross different rivers on your own two feet.

In a darkening theater, you find the right seat.
Though surprising, surprise is what you demand.
A joke inside you makes your laughter repeat.

Your games have rules that you can’t cheat.
Travel's exciting through an agenda is planned,
Crossing different rivers on the same two feet.

Wheat planted right soon ripens to wheat.
Rivers join deltas where their flow is fanned.
The joke inside you makes your laughter repeat.

You discover yourself in others you meet.
You pick the puzzles you will understand.
You cross different rivers on those same two feet.
But the joke inside you makes your laughter repeat.


Eric Yost
moving with the planet
Latitude North:  40 ° 46' 59.5"

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