| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 01/28/09 at 03:21 PM Sounds like a little bit of infinity to me. Gorgeously written. |
| Posted by Ken Harnisch on 01/28/09 at 05:52 PM The river as metaphor...always and forever..and this time man's own haphazard journey to destruction "read by a river wishing to change its course." Quietly superb, George. |
| Posted by Gregory O'Neill on 01/28/09 at 07:39 PM George, I think this to be a great idea of a poem. It's a "wish I'd thought of that" read for me. You nailed it. Delighted. Thanks. |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 01/28/09 at 07:56 PM Ooooh, I love the listing of rivers in this - those that bind this world's flow. A fine mix of history read, courses changed. Great theme! |
| Posted by Charlie Morgan on 01/29/09 at 04:06 PM ...george, ahhh a river, the river metaphor...i like, i like...Heraclitus[teacher of Craytlus [ca. 380-300 b.c.] talked about a river and stepping in it TWICE, Craytlus shouted-out, sir you can't step in a river EVEN ONCE...HEAVY poetics, heavy point. |
| Posted by Rhiannon Jones on 01/31/09 at 05:59 PM I'm not sure what to add...its a good metaphor, and the listing of rivers at the end moves it up to a universal place. I like. |
| Posted by JD Clay on 02/06/09 at 10:51 PM It's difficult to imagine just how many droplets have flowed into the sea over time. But to sit and contemplate near the rivers edge is certainly mesmerizing, as is your flowing poem. good stuff, George! |
| Posted by Philip F De Pinto on 05/22/09 at 12:28 PM you are so like a river, George, always running your course and always toward the human interest. |
