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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GEO-BESTIARY: 19, by JAMES HARRISON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: I sat on a log fallen over a river and heard
Last Line: In a deep pool I saw the traces of last night's moon.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Rivers
First Line: I sat on a log fallen over a river and heard
Last Line: In a deep pool I saw the traces of last night's moon.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Rivers
I sat on a log fallen over a river and heard
that like people each stretch had a different voice
varying with the current, the nature
of its bed and banks, logjams, boulders,
alder or cedar branches, low-slung
and sweeping the current, the hush of eddies.
In a deep pool I saw the traces of last night's moon.
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