Canoeing On the Current River
...Our riverbank launch at dawn
where dense forest chills the breeze,
where cottonwood leaves flutter like wings,
and weeping willow penumbras tease.
Glistening, rippling turquoise water churns.
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Categories:
canoeists, allegory, dream, extended metaphor,
Form: Pastoral
Canoeing the Mississippi - Part 7
...Oh let me sing of the river's people
No, not holiday boaters, but those rare few
Whose homes and hearts embrace the river,
Trafficking in all that she so blithely carries.
Backyards a port of en...
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Categories:
canoeists, boat, dream, journey, nature,
Form: Blank verse