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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' Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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For my part, there were three poems toward the beginning of the collection that really stood out for me, Japanese River Tales, The Morning Before Christmas and Four March Watercolors. After that the collection just seemed repetitive.
Hughes is a bit of a word-smith and can really craft some interesting lines but there is only so much you can say about salmon before it just becomes too much. Mind you, I like nature poetry but I think that doing a thematic collection like this limits the audience to die-hard Ted Hughes fans.
So not one of my favorite books of poetry but I would still like to read more by Hughes just no more flowing water please. ( )