Poem of the week: Yangtze by Sarah Howe

An elliptical account of a journey down the Chinese river subtly registers the impact of massive environmental damage

Yangtze

The moon glimmers
in the brown channel.
Strands of mist
wrap the mountainsides
crowded with firs.

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