Carpe Diem # 808 Ripon Falls Source of Nile?
Today is the end of our journey down the Nile River to find it’s source. The Ripon Falls use to flow into Lake Victoria but in 1954 the falls were covered over by the building of a dam that made Lake Victoria large.
Carpe Diem #807 Murchison Falls Uganda
As we continue to the source of the Nile we visit the beautiful Lake Victoria. Unfortunately man has introduced non native -fish and water hyacinth that are causing lots of problems. Raw sewage spews in to the lake from various countries and I’m sure industrial wast is dumped as well. Their use to be over 300 different kinds of cichlids in the lake that were endemic to this lake. Most are now gone.
The health of this lake is important to so many who live of the land and waters around this lake. Action needs to be taken to save this glorious lake before it is too late.
from it’s source
the White Nile churns
past Mount Kikizi
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White Nile flows
sending nourishing downstream
baptizing the land
Carpe Diem #804 Yellow Nile (Wadi Howar)
Lake Moeris
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Wadi Wowar
remnant of the ancient nile
flows with yellow sand
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yellow nile
ancient giver of life
now river of sand
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until she is dry
Eonile spills her tears
Lake Moeris
(not sure if this should read was, spilled, since it is in the past – but then haiku is to capture a moment.)
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pelican party
fishing all day long
on lake Tana
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along the Blue Nile
at the foot of the falls
genesis lingers
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out of Africa
the River Gihon
churning blue
Carpe Diem #801 Khartoum
at the confluence
where west meets north, blue meets white
Khartoum
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north of Soba
lay fields of gold
watered by the nile
safflower in bloom
crop of the ancients
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the passion flower
a story for interpretation
for Krishna or Christ
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tendrils cling
hundreds of filaments wave
wind blown passion flower
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purple passion flower
seeped in it’s own mystery
awakening dreams
Adas Poetry Alcove 
