Just in time for the winter solstice comes the Winter issue of 2RV. Now snuggle up with a poem or two.
Author: 2River
Happy End of the Year!
Popov’s Take on “Digging”
A video essay by Anya Popov on “Digging” by Seamus Heaney. Popov made the video for her poetry and plays class at STLCC–Meramec.
2River and the Big Dog Poetry
“Strong and beautiful poems abound, collected in old standbys like Poetry Magazine and proliferating online in innovative electronic journals such as Drunken Boat, 2River View, and Born Magazine.”
Sort of Dated: But Still!
Check it out: 2River is listed by Society Hae in INDIE FOR INDIES: The Rise of Independent Literary Magazines.
She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Way
A video essay by Justin Race on the poem by William Wordsworth. Justin made the video for his poetry and plays class at STLCC–Meramec.
The 2River View, 17.1 (Fall 2012)
2River enters its 17th year with the Fall issue of The 2River View and new poems by James B. Nicola Joe Benevento, Mariela Griffor, April Clark Honaker, Suzanne Kehm, Sandra Kolankiewicz, Molly Kugel Merkner, Tyler Mills, Liza Porter, James Robison, Miriam Sagan, and Virginia Smith
Teaser for Fall 2012 issue of The 2River View
James B. Nicola
[audio http://www.2river.org/2RView/17_1/audio/_nicola.mp3]The Uses of Spite
We take the spring for granted.
My uncle was so truculent
he eked out another twenty-five years
beyond his date with cancer
in spite of the pain.
He refused to miss a minute of the party
until the party, from kindness, let him go.
In his case, I would say, the spite was good.
One spring, it will be us.
And which of us will be awake to see
the sense in eking a century
and spit at imminent ends and say:
Another spring (o god), another tick.
The bluebird’s gone. He’s staying south.
The laurels have surprised us by not blooming this year, here,
And the croaks of frogs are getting softer, softer. . . ?
O World, be like my uncle. Be truculent! Stay!
2River Rank
As of right now, according to HowManyAreThere, there are 612,843,429 websites in the world. And according to Alexa, not my granddaughter but the web information company, 2River’s global rank is 6,364, 838. If those numbers are right, and my math is right (given amount divided by total amount multiplied by 100) then 2River falls in the top 1.03% of websites in the world. Hmmm….
Sally Van Doren at Poem-A-Day
“Call Us” by Sally Van Doren, who most recently appeared here in the Spring 2012 issue of The 2River View, was selected as the September 4 Poem-A-Day by the Academy of American Poets.
Muddy Bank 