The North Carolina Poetry Society, Inc.
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August,  1998

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I Am A River  ©
by Chris Motte

 

I am a river.
My arms stretch
So      very        far.
Like a snail
I sluggishly move.
Sometimes, however, I move rapidly like a herd on
the move.
I am like the Nashawa, clean and handsome.
A young river,
Always active.
I make sounds like animals being thrown against
giant boulders.
I slash away at the land
Like a huge Raptor claw.
I am the river.

 


Originally published in the North Carolina Poetry Society's
"Award Winning Poems, 1998
Used with permission of the Poet.

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