description: River celebrates fluvial landscapes. their creatures and their regenerative powers. Inspired by Hughes' love of fishing and by his environmental activism, the poems are a deftly and passionately attentive chronicle of change over the course of the seasons. West Country rivers predominate (The West Dartand Torridge), but other poems imagine or recall Japanese rivers or Celtic rivers, and The Gulkana explores an ancient Alaskan watercourse. At its core the sequence rehearses, in various settings, from winter to winter, the life-cycle of the salmon.
language: English
title: River: Poems by Ted Hughes
titlecomplete: River: Poems by Ted Hughes
genres: Poetry
ratings_count: 119
publisher: Olympic Marketing Corp