I recall finding a book about the history of Washington DC (where I was born) in the library of a College that I was teaching in the Summer of 1995. The Potomac River was once called The River of Swans by the Nacotchtank people, I had a vision of the Swans and drew them right away as a sketch. Monet’s painting was a great inspiration for the art that would soon be as well, a print of his Water Lillies hung in our Teachers shared office.
Later I would write a continuation of the River of Swans poetry titled Vandalia, a book of memories. The River of Swans (the Potomac) would flow out of Vandalia, an early name chosen for West Virginia.
8/23/2023
The River of Swans and Vandalia are linked together in the same way that Advent (Alpha) is with Advent (Omega), yet these two collections of poems were not written in direct succession, but 18 years apart.
11/23/2023
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