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THE RIVER
(1989)

It began between the asphodel and the bog cotton
I saw it
Between the deer grass and the heather
Below rocks and peat
A tiny capillary
It sang down rivulets
Liquid flute and fiddle Into larger bed and path
Over, between, around
Singing down glass runways
Waterfallen and sandy bottom

When you walk beside it now you cannot converse
For its passion drowns words
There is no way to leap over it
It cannot but come to rest in the valley
Among the monkey flowers and watercress
Where the waters are calm and deep
And occasionally treacherous

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from Love Unbidden - love poems for Irene, released June 26, 2020

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Peggy Seeger Oxford, UK

Peggy is one of the most influential folk singers on either side of the Atlantic. She is Pete Seeger’s half-sister and Ruth Crawford Seeger’s daughter; her first life partner was the English songwriter Ewan MacColl, who wrote First Time Ever I Saw Your Face for her. She has made more than 22 solo recordings to date. Please check ewanmaccoll.bandcamp.com for other albums featuring Peggy. ... more

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