Poetry
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The Way the River Flows
Into You, I Wish I
Knew
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by Maddy Brown-Clark
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Street Roots • April 28-May 4, 2017
by Shaggy
T h e w ay th e riv e r flows
Is n o t in to th e v a st o cean
W h at m ak e s you sm ile,
And now th e full m oon glows
w h a t g e ts you blue
W ith sh o o tin g s ta rs in m otion
In sp rin g th e days grow long
W ho m ak e s you laugh,
I d rea m of su m m e r so n g s
w ho k e e p s you tr u e
T h e n ig h ts still cold and b rief
T h e w a rm w ind b rin g s relief
T h e th in g s you le a rn e d ,
A nd h o m e is in th e city
th e w ays you g rew
T h e riv e r flows so p re tty
T h e p ain y o u ’ve felt
Field of Friends
all y o u ’ve b e e n th ro u g h
by Ron Sanford
W ith b rid g es reach in g over it
T h e ir s tre e ts of ste e l cover it
W ith pillars stan d in g oh so high
T h e riv e r flows ju s t like life.
W h at w ould you striv e to build anew
As a child I recall envisioning N o rth w e st A m erica
Your w isdom sh in e s th ro u g h goals you ch o o se
b u t a m ove w as far on th e h o rizo n
I h o p e to le a rn , an d love th e view
P ic tu re s could a t b e s t only m im ic th e a tm o sp h e re -
T h e p ristin e air and w a te r envelops th e land,
of all th e th in g s th a t m ake up you.
P e p p e re d w ith tre e s and wildlife, th e n th e d rea m faded
I w as stu c k in a hellhole called L as Vegas, ugh!
So it w as so sad, no n e e d for details, cru m b y m otels,
e n d le ss vices, 2 4 /7 drin k in g and d ru g s, b ro th e ls
an d gam bling artificially im p o sed w ith a W ynn fam ily m ix
T h e n I found m yself in O regon a t a h ag g ard 40 y e ars of age
T h e trip w as rough, I w as a lm o st to ast, y e t I a rriv e d h e re
W hat a joy it is in a k aleid o sco p e field of frien d s
An ever-changing lan d scap e w hich I could n e v er have fo re se e n
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