I have crossed many rivers

Salvador Espinas writes in the manner of Robert Frost and Maximo Ramos, but occasionally, and this is when he is really good, he writes in the manner Salvador Espinas, who lives in the mountains, who farms a little farm, who has lived a hard life, and has known a great deal of want, but who still knows beauty when beauty comes along. He writes:

   “I have crossed many rivers
    Wide and rough,
    Braved many a tempest
    Over atrocious rocks
    But conquest is ever far;
    At dusk
    Now vicious rivers rise
    Wider and rougher.”

@owasco, you might enjoy the rest of the post: SAGPON: BARRIO OF WRITERS
By Bienvenido N. Santos