This poem portrays a bleak and unsettling picture of human activity and its impact on the natural world and human lives. The opening lines suggest a sense of violence and destruction associated with the dredging of a delta, perhaps through industrial or construction activities. The phrase "crush some poor soul's head" implies a lack of concern for the value of human life and the human cost of such actions.
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PATRICK WILLIAMSON
Patrick Williamson is an English poet and translator. Most recent poetry collections: Traversi (English-Italian, Samuele Editore, 2018), Beneficato (SE, 2015), Gifted (Corrupt Press, 2014), Nel Santuario (SE, 2013; Menzione speciale della Giuria in the XV Concorso Guido Gozzano, 2014). Editor and translator of The Parley Tree, Poets from French-speaking Africa and the Arab World (Arc Publications
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