[split] a discussion on origins sparked by "The Order of Things"

[Mark A Becker]

The rocks carve the river, the river carves the rocks.

A simple, elegant, and accurate one line poem. 

I borrowed the idea and made it a 4 line poem.  In other words, I stole your poem.  Your version looks more like the river, mine looks more like the rocks.  Hmmm... I like yours better, but it was a fun experiment.  Thanks, rowens

The rocks carve
the river,
           
          the river
carves the rocks.

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Hey busker-

I’m not gonna read Collins’ book for some of the reasons you point out, though I purposely expose myself to ideas I don’t agree with, because I’m curious.

I would be very interested in your answer(s) to the questions posed by Paul aka Tiger. How ‘bout it?