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Jan 31, 2018 · This poem about ‘the river that flows nowhere, like a sea’ contains a wonderful use of the word ‘curriculum’ in a poem, summoning the running motion of the river (while also, perhaps, hinting at the curriculum vitae, the life-giving properties of that running river). By one of the twentieth century’s greatest American modernist poets.
Like a River Flows. Specs: CANADA | 2017 | 11.5m. Filmmaker: Elizabeth Zetlin. Themes: rivers, poem. LIKE A RIVER FLOWS is a lyrical meditation on the wonder of water and how that might apply to taking care of our rivers and our own lives. This docu-poem, filmed, written and narrated by Liz Zetlin, is based on four lines from Irish poet John O ...
Oct 21, 2013 · Fluent. I would love to live Like a river flows, Carried by the surprise Of its own unfolding. — John O’Donohue “Fluent” by John O’Donohue
- Sonnet: To the River Otter by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. ‘Sonnet: To the River Otter’ by Coleridge deals with the image of the River Otter, near his birthplace in Devon.
- The River by Caroline Ann Bowles. ‘The River‘ by Caroline Ann Bowles describes a river in all its liveliness and grandeur. The poet begins the poem by comparing it with a child who is playing hide and seeks.
- The Negro Speaks of Rivers by Langston Hughes. ‘The Negro Speaks of Rivers’ is a poem written by Langston Hughes when he was 17 in 1920. He was on a train and crossing the Mississippi River, while he was on the way to visit his father in Mexico.
- Prothalamion by Edmund Spenser. ‘Prothalamion’ is a Spousal Verse in Honour of the Double Marriage of Ladie Elizabeth and Ladie Katherine Somerset written by Edmund Spenser.
Aug 13, 2015 · John O'Donohue: "Fluent". I would love to live. Like a river flows, Carried by the surprise. Of its own unfolding. "Fluent" by John O'Donohue. Text as published in Conamara Blues: Poems (HarperPerennial, 2004 edition). Art credit: Untitled photograph, perhaps of the Truckee River in Reno, Nevada (USA), perhaps by James Q Martin, found at this link.
by Langston Hughes. ‘Suicide’s Note’ is a three-line poem that speaks from the perspective of someone who wants to take their own life. They feel the “cool face” of the river asking them for a “kiss.”. Rivers are often symbols of life and the flow of time.
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3. "Crossing the Bar" by Alfred Lord Tennyson. As a river eventually meets the boundless sea, so too must we face the inevitable journey towards the end of life. Tennyson's poignant poem, "Crossing the Bar," reflects on this transition and the acceptance of mortality. The metaphorical bar represents the boundary between life and death, while ...
