Poetry

Raking the River

Charlotte Tigchelaar

Jeff Kovatch Memorial Ohio River Cleanup,Harris Riverside Park, Huntington, WV

My fatherreaches out with the rakeand pulls the bottle toward us.I pick it up with my litter-getter anddrop it into our big green plastic bag.“I’m raking the river,” he says.We both laugh.I think that would be a good idea for a poem.

Raking the River Charlotte Tigchelaar
Charlotte Tigchelaar, 11
Huntington, WV

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