The Bridge that Flows (Master Fu Dashi 傅大士)

Empty handed

Grab the handle

Of the hoe

Walk forward

Riding atop

A water buffalo

A man stands

On the bridge

Crossing over

It’s the bridge

Not the water

That is flowing

空手把鉏頭

步行騎水牛

人在橋上過

橋流水不流

Sometimes it's hard to see much difference between a koan and a good poem.  That certainly seems to be the case with this gem from master Fu Daishi - a simple enough image (that even a modernist like Ezra Pound would be happy with) that leaves us with much to ponder in the notion that it's the bridge and not the water that keeps on flowing.  To further support this way of seeing, I offer this koan with a brush by master Vincent Van Gogh.