Beyond that, the Mississippi has a pretty low profile in “River Poems.” Maybe the Mississippi, more of a workhorse than a show horse, has been easy for poets to overlook.

The magpies gaze at us, still waiting. River stones are listening. But all we can say now is mercy, please rock me. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) RAZ: The poet Yusef Komunyakaa reading his poem "Rock Me ...

One of my favorite Kunitz poems, “King of the River,” dates from roughly the middle of his long and extraordinary career. It exemplifies both the lonely austerity and the deep human sympathy ...

Domestic calm and the chance to catch your breath carry more meaning here beside the earlier life Betts recalls in other poems: Incarcerated as a teenager, Betts (“Felon,” “Bastards of the ...

Edward M. delivered this poem, about his childhood in Virginia, as a song over a meal at the Loaves and Fishes Kitchen in Springfield.

This poem — set in the countryside near his hometown of Madison, Minn. — was included in Bly's first collection, "Silence in the Snowy Fields" (1962). Driving Toward the Lac Qui Parle River I ...

A Japanese poem inspired this painting of a family relaxing by a river after a long day Lisa Rotondo-McCord | Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs/Curator of Asian Art. Jun 28, 2021 ...

A poem for Sunday. I was born for betrayal— When my mother left me in the orphanage, I invented love with strangers. And if it wasn’t there, I made it be there, until the crash, the revelation.

DelRay Sanders could identify with concerns about the Red River flood this spring. Neighbors: A poem for the flooding Red River - InForum | Fargo, Moorhead and West Fargo news, weather and sports ...

Poem for a dried up river ★★★★ Sydney Chamber Opera, Carriageworks Reviewed January 6. The work begins with darkness, silence and undifferentiated shapes, slowly awakened by insects, dim ...