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Ten Penny Thoughts

Ten Penny Thoughts old log, huge bore holes earth, bare ground black with burnt ash highway bridge fallen Robert J. Lindley, 3-16-2016 Haiku

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Jan Allison

Date: 3/16/2018 9:29:00 AM

Keep on penning your ten penny thoughts ... man is so destructive Robert - an excellent haiku:-) hugs Jan xx

Robert Lindley
Date: 3/16/2018 9:45:00 AM

Thank you my friend. Tho' we must live, we do not have to be so very destructive.. Greed and indifference along with little concern for future generations is most often the culprit. Some may even call that stupidity..

Silent One

Date: 3/16/2018 7:46:00 AM

this could have the deeper meaning of all bridges being burnt.. deep thoughts Robert...

Robert Lindley
Date: 3/16/2018 8:35:00 AM

Exactly, you hit the core of it my friend. Burnt bridges are burnt beyond repair. As in life and as in Nature, things truly destroyed can not be recreated by man. And the creation is most oft of far less value than the thing destroyed to create.

Keith O.J. Hunt

Date: 3/16/2018 7:42:00 AM

Love it Robert, you made the pic a pic!

Robert Lindley
Date: 3/16/2018 8:32:00 AM

Thank you my friend. Man creates, the question is how much does he destroy in his greed to create. Once burned the ashes can not be reformed to recreate that which was destroyed.