January 17, 2015January 17, 2015 by Kurt Brindley

The Whistle When It Blows

we know the meaning
of the whistle when it blows
yet still we wonder

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19 Replies to “The Whistle When It Blows”

J Hardy Carroll says:

January 17, 2015 at 9:01 am

Whistle while you work.
My old man always sang that
sitting on the couch.

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1. Kurt Brindley says:
  
  January 17, 2015 at 9:13 am
  
  Good one, JHC…
  
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Mark Kelley says:

January 17, 2015 at 9:42 am

Nice. you always manage to say so much in so few words.

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1. Kurt Brindley says:
  
  January 17, 2015 at 9:53 am
  
  Thank you, Mark. Such is the beauty and relevance of the haiku…
  
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Rajiv says:

January 17, 2015 at 11:53 am

We do wonder…

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1. Kurt Brindley says:
  
  January 17, 2015 at 4:46 pm
  
  Every time…
  
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the dune mouse says:

January 17, 2015 at 1:25 pm

few words but a thousand stories came to mind!!

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1. Kurt Brindley says:
  
  January 17, 2015 at 4:47 pm
  
  That makes me very happy, tdm.
  
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Guidance Fitness Personal Training says:

January 17, 2015 at 4:43 pm

For whom the bell tolls, so does the whistle?

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1. Kurt Brindley says:
  
  January 17, 2015 at 4:48 pm
  
  Perhaps in New Orleans…
  
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  1. Guidance Fitness Personal Training says:
    
    January 17, 2015 at 4:53 pm
    
    That has more meaning than I could express to you. My brother was a tugboat engineer. He loved the river and lost his life in it, in New Orleans. Funny I didn’t even see it that way when I wrote it, but it makes perfect sense. A very good fit.
    
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    1. Kurt Brindley says:
      
      January 17, 2015 at 5:04 pm
      
      Hardly could there be a life as romantic sounding as one lived as a tugboat engineer on the Ol’ Miss… I’m sorry for your loss.
      
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      1. Guidance Fitness Personal Training says:
        
        January 17, 2015 at 5:12 pm
        
        Thank you. Being a Navy man, I’m sure the appeal hits you head on. He would run the Three Rivers area, up into the Ohio Valley as well. He died doing what he loved, does it get any better? Some would say he had it all. His life was a helluva story, most of it not for children though. Oh well, even in death life goes on…..
        
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      2. Kurt Brindley says:
        
        January 17, 2015 at 6:30 pm
        
        Well said, and beautifully so…
        
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      3. Guidance Fitness Personal Training says:
        
        January 17, 2015 at 8:23 pm
        
        Thank you.
        
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bee love says:

January 17, 2015 at 7:00 pm

love the photography and love this post!

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1. Kurt Brindley says:
  
  January 17, 2015 at 8:50 pm
  
  I’m happy you do, bee love. Thank you for saying so. I really appreciate it.
  
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tt4r says:

January 18, 2015 at 2:18 am

Funny that. We need to sight the source of sound – seeing is believing.

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1. Kurt Brindley says:
  
  January 18, 2015 at 7:34 am
  
  Funny, indeed, we humans are…
  
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