the hills around it lie humped under their blankets black-green forests stare at their faces in its mirror grey around the temples deep wrinkles between the ground down hills winter squats over them but water still flows under ice easternmost west-flowing river cuts the shale and slate weathers out trilobites dusty grey casts of what…

Because he saw the men of the world ploughing their fields, sowing the seed, trafficking, huckstering, buying and selling, and at the end winning nothing but bitterness, for this he was moved to pity To the figures bathing at the river Jizo appeared The sky was full of small fishes The bodies of the men…

Written On Water – Bonus CD Lyrics
Here are the lyrics (where known) to the tracks from the bonus CD included with Written On Water: Writings About the Allegheny River Texts for items with asterisks (*) are included in the book already. 1. “Easternmost West-Flowing River” poem and music written and performed by Judith Kerman. 2. “Old Man Beaver’s Blessing Song” written…

Written On Water: Writings About the Allegheny River – Edited by Helen Ruggieri and Linda Underhill  – (with bonus CD!)
Poetry. Paper, Perfect Bound. 90 pages 2013, ISBN: 978-1-936419-30-2 $19.95 About “Written on Water” Note: this book includes a bonus CD! The Allegheny River is the easternmost west flowing river in the United States and was a major thoroughfare for early settlers. This anthology looks at the Allegheny historically, and as both a recreation area…