SNOW RIVER
by Liu Zongyuan (Translated by Henry Hughes)
A thousand mountains without a bird
Ten thousand miles without seeing a soul
A boat and an old man in a straw raincoat,
alone, fishing in the icy river of melted snow.
Photo: Chris McLennan (detail), National Geographic photo of the day, 8/31/2010.
“Snow River” is found in The Art of Angling: Poems About Fishing, Edited by Henry Hughes. This beautiful — and highly recommended — book is available at Amazon.com.
Silver Birch Press 