River Behaviour

Rusty colours
Immature eddies
Various swirls by meeting the shallows 
Easy life for birds – paddling and schmoozing
Robust banks discipline the flow

Rapid somewhat move through the narrows
Under river fish playing with the water
Naughty fish playing!
Shallow deposits

Steady talking water
Timid waves throw floating leaves 
Energetic dog puts splashy paw prints 
Along the smoother bank
Diving dipping bird: it has dived to fish
Young river to grand river

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Rumblings
Irritable eddies
Violent swirling
Eager fish only challenge it
Rapids

Raving bank smashes
Unprovoked now provoked
Nasty river messages 
Surprising depth

Water rush
Ill tempered negotiating
Living a struggle
Deaths
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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