Red River Parish

Famous quotes containing the words red, river and/or parish:

“Not that the Red Indian will ever possess the broad lands of America. At least I presume not. But his ghost will.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)

“There are knives that glitter like altars
In a dark church
Where they bring the cripple and the imbecile
To be healed.

There’s a woden block where bones are broken,
Scraped clean—a river dried to its bed”
—Charles Simic (b. 1938)

“My stardust melody, the memory of love’s refrain.”
—Mitchell Parish (1901–1993)