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.

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 ...

If you are coming down through the narrows of the river Kiang, Please let me know beforehand, And I will come out to meet you As far as Chō-fū-Sa. _____ With “Poem of the Day,” The New York Sun offers ...

Londoners and visitors looking for something new, inspiring - and free - to do this summer now have a fresh reason to head west: ...

The poems, they created on the river during their six-day trip to China, and on a series of cultural activities they took part in have been recorded in the book Messengers from the Vernal Wood ...