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By: Ashton Willcox
The holiest river in all of the land,
They say you can put it in a can and it won’t smell bland.
Hindu’s holiest river flowing through a Hindu majority country,
It’s amazing al the stories it could tell me.
Religion, history, military, you name it,
The Ganges impacts all three, so don’t say it’s faking it.
I start to wonder while sitting on the ground,
What might have happened exactly where I’m moving around.
To wrap this up, I will be short and clear,
The Ganges is a place with many years.
5 responses to “Poem: The Ganges”
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Ashton – Great reflection! Stay inquisitive!
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Ashton, love how you make the setting and the wonder come alive!
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Nice reflection Ashton. Check out a poem by Langston Hughes called “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” which has a line : “My soul has grown deep like rivers.” I think you are channeling that soul!
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we love our rivers
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Ashton, through all of the place-based experiences you had at Christchurh that centered around a river and your multiple global edu experience (including 2 in India) that place so much emphasis on how history and communities interact with their rivers and watershed, I bet you will always look at rivers around the world and wonder about the stories and communities shaped by their presence.
Nice post – I enjoy the poem.
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