Robert Frost 
West-Running Brook 

The great American poet’s 1928 collection evoking rural life in his native New England. This collection includes thirty-nine poems divided into six sections. The title poem depicts a married couple contemplating a stream which runs counter to the direction of others in the area. This stream develops into a metaphor through which Frost considers the nature of relationships, as well as the mysteries of nature itself. Other featured poems include the emotionally resonant “Acquainted with the Night, ” and “The Bear, ” in which the freedom and power of a wild bear is contrasted with the lot of modern man.