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First published in 1983, River celebrates fluvial landscapes, their creatures and their regenerative powers.
Inspired by Hughes's 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 Dart'
and '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.

All this, too, is stitched into the torn richness,
The epic poise
That holds him so steady in his wounds, so loyal to his doom,
so patient
In the machinery of heaven.

from 'October Salmon'

River: Poems by Ted Hughes

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First published in 1983, River celebrates fluvial landscapes, their creatures and their regenerative powers.Inspired by Hughes's love of fishing and... Read more

    Publisher: Faber & Faber
    Publication Date: 15/09/2011
    ISBN13: 9780571278756, 978-0571278756
    ISBN10: 0571278752

    Number of Pages: 112

    Fiction , Poetry

    Description

    First published in 1983, River celebrates fluvial landscapes, their creatures and their regenerative powers.
    Inspired by Hughes's 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 Dart'
    and '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.

    All this, too, is stitched into the torn richness,
    The epic poise
    That holds him so steady in his wounds, so loyal to his doom,
    so patient
    In the machinery of heaven.

    from 'October Salmon'

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