By David Whyte
ISBN-10: 193288727X
ISBN-13: 9781932887273
ISBN-10: 1932887288
ISBN-13: 9781932887280
River movement comprises over 100 poems chosen from 5 formerly released works, including 23 new poems, together with a tribute to an Ethiopian girl navigating her first escalator, a meditation of affection and benediction for his younger daughter, and a cycle of Irish poems that show his deep love of the land and life-long appreciation for its knowledge. those are poems to be learn and reread, poems which are absolute to turn into partners by yourself passage in the course of the turbulent waters of a well-lived, well-loved life.
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