The River Sea
THE RIVER SEA
Even from islands of the Antilles -
Taking Pinzon’s route to El Dorado
In the very foothills of the Andes
And its golden yellow meadow.
Death-dealing its piranha and crocodile;
Life-giving, the earth’s river-daughter -
With its fast bore fierce and tidal -
Floods half a continent with water,
Floods half the planet with oxygen.
Large ocean ships sail up it free.
Probes fresh lobes far into salt ocean.
To Brazilians it is - The River Sea.
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NOTE
Vicente Yanez Pinzon was the first European
to visit the Amazon in 1500
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Entered in Barbara Gorelick's Contest "A River Runs Through It"
Copyright © Sidney Beck | Year Posted 2011
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