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