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Daybreak on the Water
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781945824395
Publisher: Flowstone Press
Published: Oct 1 2020
Pages: 74
Weight: 0.27
Height: 0.18 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
As a child, Gary Lark camped where a creek joins Oregon's North Umpqua River, sleeping in the river's voice. Confessing that there's a part of me still there / surrounded by enormous trees / the river singing me alive, he offers us Daybreak on the Water, his song-cycle paying homage to the Umpqua. Here, the communion among river and poet and reader is palpable: at the fisherman's table, the platter is passed from hand to hand, / each tongue tasting the river / in the salmon's flesh. This fisherman's river-poems carry what the Umpqua carries, the wonderment of living things. -Paulann Petersen, Oregon Poet Laureate Emerita
Daybreak on the Water is a vivid and authentic reminiscence of a rugged, playful, deliberate and reflective life among the wild woods and waterways of Oregon's Umpqua valley. Lark's warmly told and deftly detailed narratives provide a natural and cultural history that will entertain and edify generations of readers. We meet many colorful characters-loggers, anglers, clammers, boatbuilders, poachers, sheriffs, sweethearts and old friends- that allow us to press ourselves into the tides of each other / releasing our unutterable selves.
-Henry Hughes, Oregon Book Award-winning poet and author of Back Seat with Fish
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