Overview
Rivers were the arteries of our first civilizationsāthe Tigris and Euphrates of Mesopotamia, Indiaās Ganges, Egyptās Nile, the Yellow River of Chinaāand have nourished modern cities from London to New York, so itās natural that poets have for centuries drawn essential meanings and metaphors from their endless currents.
In this collection, British poets from Shakespeare and Wordsworth to Ted Hughes and Alice Oswald mingle with American voices ranging from verses by the indigenous Klallam people and the African-American spirituals āDeep Riverā and āRoll, Jordan, Rollā toĀ such recent poets as Gary Snyder, Mary Oliver, and Natasha Tretheway. Walt Whitmanās iconic āCrossing Brooklyn Ferry" and Emily Dickinsonās tersely erotic āMy River Runs to Thee" streamĀ alongside poems from ancient Babylon and Egypt. Contributions from India, Nepal, Japan, China, Thailand, France, Germany, Russia, Serbia, Chile, Mexico, the Congo, and Nigeria round out this celebration of the rivers of the world.
Includes:
ā¢Ā āMy River Runs to Thee" by Emily Dickinson
ā¢Ā āThe Negro Speaks of Riversā by Langston Hughes
ā¢Ā āOlā Man Riverā by Oscar Hammerstein II
ā¢Ā āThe Golden Boatā by Rabindranath Tagore
ā¢Ā āThe River Godā by Stevie Smith
ā¢Ā āThe River Bends but the Water Does Notā by BuddhÄdasa BhikkhuĀ
ā¢Ā āThe Niagara Riverā by Kay Ryan
ā¢Ā āAmazonā by Pablo NerudaĀ
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