After The Sockeye Spawns Poem by Doug Lane
After The Sockeye Spawns
After the sockeye spawns,
before its corpse
is picked clean
by the ravening
raven,
it has a moment
to remember
its headlong race
upstream
past lunging grizzlies,
up churning rapids
to the quiet, clear,
nursery where it mates,
sinks to the bottom
and dies,
mission,
and emission,
accomplished.
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Can salmon remember? If they can't, how do they find their way back to their home streams and spawning grounds?
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