"Ish River"--
like breath,
like mist rising from a hillside.
Duwamish, Snohomish, Stillaguamish, Samish,
Skokomish, Skykomish...all the ish rivers.
I live in Ish River country
between two mountain ranges where
many rivers
run down to an inland sea.
--Robert Sund, Skagit Valley scribe
21 January 2007
Skagit Sunday Sund
Don't cry geese, in this floating world it's the same anywhere you go.
--Issa (1763-1827), translated by Ish River poet laureate Robert Sund.
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